Dimapur, Feb. 9: (EMN): Home Minister Kuzholuzo Nienu on Fri. stated that the Naga People’s Front (NPF) was confident of winning more than 30 seats, according to a press release from the NPF party on Feb. 9.
The minister made the claim during “an election campaign kick-off” at Dzulha village while adding that the NPF was sure to form the next ministry too. According to the statement, “several thousands of his supporters” attended the campaign.
Nienu was reported to have said that there won’t be posts of parliamentary secretaries and advisors in the next ministry but the government “shall provide honourable and effective involvement in governance to the legislators without attracting in the least the question of holding an office of profit as provided under Article 191 of the Constitution of India.”
Asserting that any political settlement has to take place under a popular government in the state, Nienu assured that the NPF government shall contribute its best to facilitating an early and lasting settlement.
“He also declared that the next NPF government shall cleanse the process of governance from corruption of all kinds and that serious corruption cases with prima facie proofs will be handed over to the CBI to bring the culprits to book,” it stated.
