Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): With barely a few months for the state general elections to be held, senior NSCN (K) kilonser, AZ Jami today revealed that the 2003 State general election was dictated by the NSCN (IM). This was effected after a decision by the NSCN (IM) Joint Council which directed all NSCN (IM) cadres to campaign against the Congress party in the last election so that it would not form the government in Nagaland.
A press statement issued by the NSCN (K) Kilonser, AZ Jami, who has been a high ranking official of the NSCN (IM) before he defected to the NSCN (K) a few years back, disclosed that during the last state election, he being a senior leader of the NSCN (IM) and one of the senior most from Nagaland, played a major role in defeating the Congress candidates in that election.
However, the revelation of the NSCN (K) Kilonser about NSCN (IM) involvement in the last election might not come as a big surprise, since a lot of allegations about the factions’ involvement in the election had been raised from various quarters. “Not only in my home district, Wokha, alone, but I actually exerted my influence throughout Nagaland state, wherever possible. There is nothing to be hid. It is an open secret,” confessed Jami.
Jami disclosed that he was a member of the ‘decision making group’ of the NSCN (IM), who, long before the 2003 election declared, had meetings and prepared strategies on how to defeat the Congress party in the state.
Jami also disclosed that the leaders of the then opposition political group convened crucial meetings where ideas and opinions were shared as to how they would proceed, besides the opposition group leaders solicited the NSCN (IM) support during the election, he said.
“In one of the meetings, the discouraged and disgruntled group leader said, ‘If you NSCN (IM) cannot give us all-out support in the election, we will not make an attempt’,” said Jami and added that the NSCN (IM) side asked the opposition leaders not to be discouraged but start working for the election. “We made the opposition groups to win the election,” said AZ Jami, former NSCN (IM) official and now senior kilonser of NSCN (K).
‘Rio, worst-ever CM’
Jami also took a dig at State Chief Minister and termed Rio as the worst ever Chief Minister of Nagaland ‘who has sold out the future generation of the Nagas.’ Jami wondered how Neiphiu Rio could become the Chief Minister of Nagaland, while other senior politicians like Surhuzelie, Z Obed, Huska, TA Ngullie and others, who have tasted the ‘Naga political problem or underground peoples’ problem’ were there.
Jami said that he stayed away from the formation of the present state government after the 2003 election; however, he wondered how Rio ‘was known by the concerned persons’. “Neiphiu Rio, youngster, obstinate and having an inordinate ambition for wealth and power had completely destroyed Nagaland and its people with his policy of so-called ‘equi-closeness’ and in the name of development,” said Jami and asserted that Rio has sold out future generation of the Nagas by relying on his “satanic dreams”.
He said that though some are showering praises on Neiphiu Rio at present, ‘their children will throw ashes on their faces.’ “Neiphiu Rio is the worst ever Chief Minister of Nagaland and his hypocritic acts will go down as black and dirty acts in the annals of the Nagas,” said Jami.
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