Naga concern: Rebels’ conglomerate says Nagaland BJP chief is ‘playing with fire’
4 min readBy Express News Service
GUWAHATI: The Working Committee (WC) of Naga National Political Groups, which is an umbrella organisation of seven insurgent outfits in peace mode, slammed Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along and his “cohorts” for “greatly hampering” the progress and fruition of the Naga political talks.
The WC stated that whereas the BJP authorities on the Centre was attempting its finest to seek out everlasting peace in Nagaland by way of a political settlement with the assorted Naga insurgent teams, the BJP’s Nagaland management was “playing with fire”.
Along riled the rebels’ conglomerate by not giving an appointment to it. The group had written a letter to him on November 9 for a gathering on “crucial matters” however he has not responded to this point.
Calling Along “a man devoid of any principle, an opportunist and morally bankrupt’, the WC said in a statement that “he’s answerable for deceptive the Naga folks and betraying BJP management in New Delhi.”
WC, NNPGs won’t permit such a person to characterize the Nagas both at Kohima or in Delhi, it added.
“…Mr Temjen Imna Along…has fiddled with Naga political issue and played every dirty trick in the book to thwart the progress of Indo-Naga talks. The treacherous habit of state BJP leadership has deeply eroded the Naga people’s confidence,” the hard-hitting assertion additional learn.
The WC additionally reminded Along of how the Congress went into digital oblivion in Nagaland. “In 1998, the Congress went against the wishes of the Naga people by going ahead with election instead of solution. They assumed power uncontested. They failed to honour the people’s demand and rather believed they had wiped out all other regional political parties in Nagaland. The Naga people responded by promptly showing them an exit door,” the WC asserted.
The Congress has been out of energy in Nagaland since 2003. The occasion doesn’t have a single MLA now.
The Nagas at giant desire a answer to the Naga political concern earlier than elections, anticipated by February-end.
They had raised the demand forward of the 2018 polls however the BJP had then stated “election is for solution”.
However, the Working Committee warned, “The politics of election for solution has failed.”
“If election is enforced in Nagaland against the people’s demand for honourable and acceptable negotiated political settlement, men like Mr Temjen Imna Along as per their trivial activities will most certainly ensure a wipeout of BJP from Nagaland”, it added.
The 1998 Congress debacle and subsequent punishment is equally observing Nagaland BJP within the face, it stated.
GUWAHATI: The Working Committee (WC) of Naga National Political Groups, which is an umbrella organisation of seven insurgent outfits in peace mode, slammed Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along and his “cohorts” for “greatly hampering” the progress and fruition of the Naga political talks.
The WC stated that whereas the BJP authorities on the Centre was attempting its finest to seek out everlasting peace in Nagaland by way of a political settlement with the assorted Naga insurgent teams, the BJP’s Nagaland management was “playing with fire”.
Along riled the rebels’ conglomerate by not giving an appointment to it. The group had written a letter to him on November 9 for a gathering on “crucial matters” however he has not responded to this point.
Calling Along “a man devoid of any principle, an opportunist and morally bankrupt’, the WC said in a statement that “he’s answerable for deceptive the Naga folks and betraying BJP management in New Delhi.”
WC, NNPGs won’t permit such a person to characterize the Nagas both at Kohima or in Delhi, it added.
“…Mr Temjen Imna Along…has fiddled with Naga political issue and played every dirty trick in the book to thwart the progress of Indo-Naga talks. The treacherous habit of state BJP leadership has deeply eroded the Naga people’s confidence,” the hard-hitting assertion additional learn.
The WC additionally reminded Along of how the Congress went into digital oblivion in Nagaland. “In 1998, the Congress went against the wishes of the Naga people by going ahead with election instead of solution. They assumed power uncontested. They failed to honour the people’s demand and rather believed they had wiped out all other regional political parties in Nagaland. The Naga people responded by promptly showing them an exit door,” the WC asserted.
The Congress has been out of energy in Nagaland since 2003. The occasion doesn’t have a single MLA now.
The Nagas at giant desire a answer to the Naga political concern earlier than elections, anticipated by February-end.
They had raised the demand forward of the 2018 polls however the BJP had then stated “election is for solution”.
However, the Working Committee warned, “The politics of election for solution has failed.”
“If election is enforced in Nagaland against the people’s demand for honourable and acceptable negotiated political settlement, men like Mr Temjen Imna Along as per their trivial activities will most certainly ensure a wipeout of BJP from Nagaland”, it added.
The 1998 Congress debacle and subsequent punishment is equally observing Nagaland BJP within the face, it stated.
