Imkong Imchen refutes report of new NDPP MLAs wanting to join NPF

Dimapur, June 14 (EMN): MLA Imkong L Imchen and former spokesperson of Naga People’s Front (NPF) Legislature party on Tuesday clarified that the recent speculation about former NPF members, who had recently defected to the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), were planning to reverse their decision, was false.

While stating that the rumour could not be any further from the “truth and facts”, Imchen stated that the “concocted tale” had been placed before the public to confuse and plant seeds of mistrust among the elected members.

“The chapter of merger in Nagaland is closed when 21 NPF MLAs merged into NDPP. As was mentioned time and again, it was either merging NDPP into NPF or NPF to NDPP and as fate would have it, the latter took place and that was the day the chapter of merger closed. So to even speculate and dream about some of the MLAs from the NDPP camp to merge into NPF again at this point of time is nothing more than a wild goose chase,” he stated.

He said the elected representatives of the NPF legislature had pondered about how the regional forces of the state could be brought together to facilitate the ongoing Naga political issue since 2020.

The decision of the “merger” was taken knowing full well of its legal and political implications, he said.

“We have taken such decisions after giving serious thoughts and full application of mind. We know what we were doing and what we are going to do. The political navigation we are distinctly clear. And therefore, there was never a whisper, much less a discussion of NDPP MLAs, now which stands at 42, to explore options to merge into NPF or any other political party,” he said.

Furthermore, Imchen claimed that some “vested interest individuals” were at play to bring about discord and confusion in the midst of the 42 NDPP MLAs, “but it will not yield to their desired objective as the question of merging with erstwhile NPF does not arise”.