Dimapur, October 14 (MExN): Despite the NDPP ‘table thumbing’ and denial that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had questioned Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio; the Rising People’s Party (RPP) has maintained that the alleged “interrogation is not the last and we expect more grilling in the days to come.”
Citing newspaper reports that the army has ‘declined to comment,’ the RPP stated that the lack of comment itself is an indication that ‘something is fishy.’
“Several months back the ED first interrogated 5 close confidants of CM Rio under Case No ECIR/GWZO/09/2020/488, one of whom was the Personal Assistant to the Chief Minister. Thus it’s only natural that the Chief Minister himself should be interrogated,” the party stated in a press release on Friday.
While the question in everyone’s mind is whether the ED will pursue the matter to its logical conclusion or not, the RPP contended that “it’s amply clear that the CM cannot escape the net cast by the ED. The Chief Minister is now a ‘prisoner’ of the BJP and this will have intense ramifications for the state.”
Further, the RPP also claimed that the ED “is also vigorously chasing 10 NDPP seating MLAs.” “According to sources, these 10 MLAs may strike a bargain with the BJP to join the party. Similarly, given the aggressive pursuance of the case by the ED, the Chief Minister too joining the BJP cannot be ruled out either,” it claimed. The NDPP is in a precarious position and there’s absolutely nothing the party can do anything about it, the RPP added.
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