Kohima, February 28 (MExN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has expressed its displeasure over the attitude of the PDA legislators on the recently held Assembly session over many pertaining issues concerning the state.
In a press release issued by Press Bureau, NPF, Central HQ, it stated that, either the question put forth by the NPF legislators were “rejected in the business list for the reason best known to the Assembly secretariat and many of the questioned raised by the opposition bench in the question hour were not answered or either twisted.”
It argued that some of the “pertinent questions raised by the opposition bench to the particular department were not answered by the concerned caretaker MLA of the department but found answering by the other department Cabinet Ministers.”
The release further pointed out that, on the last day of debate on the budget speech laid before the House by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the NPF Legislature party leader, TR Zeliang who is the opposition leader had raised and sought clarification from the State Planning Minister Neiba Kronu on the road sector. But, the NPF alleged that the Planning Minister had failed to provide any satisfactory answer “to the much public importance in the floor of the house.”
To the queries, the release said, “Kronu simply went on to say that, good quality of roads for Dimapur and Kohima will be completed within 2-3 years and change will be visible in these two cities and the contractors concern will maintain those roads for 3 years after the completion of the road project without mentioning any particular roads.”
The opposition leader also asked the concerned Minister to produce which were the roads in the two cities and under which scheme the ongoing roads were executing and also sought to know the amount against each road and requested the Planning Minister to publish the same in the local dailies the following day. However, “till date no such information sought by the opposition appeared in the local papers,” it said.
Taking this into account, the NPF has “asked the ruling Government to be sincerer in their approach towards the development of the state.”
