DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 31 (MExN): The relations between the State BJP and NPF appear to be “not so stable” contrary to the claim made by BJP stalwart Johny Rengma, who is the National BJP vice president of Schedule Tribe Morcha, on Sunday.
In what appears to be a wide crack emerging from the dismissal of BJP MLA Mmhonlumo Kikon, from the Parliamentary Secretary-ship by Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang through an abrupt notification issued by the Cabinet Secretary on October 28, the State BJP on Monday said, without mincing words, it strongly resented the action and was greatly displeased.
Contradicting the claim made by Johny Rengma that the “relations between the State BJP and ruling NPF was as stable as has been in the past,” the State BJP, in a press statement issued by its spokesman, M Yanghose Sangtam on Monday expressed “great displeasure and strong resentment” over the “unceremonious dismissal of Mmhonlumo Kikon from the post of Parliamentary Secretary, Labour and Employment and Skill Development.”
The State BJP rejected outright the statement made by one of its own- Johny Rengma- who appears to have used the art of being tactful in the wrong time, as “non-official and unauthorized” for which the party would not be held responsible, adding that his statement is purely his individual opinion. Instead, an affronted State BJP said it was unhappy with the DAN partner for such arbitrary decision and expressed in plain words that it has “decided to review the DAN coalition in due course.”
