NPF party condemns Governor, washes dirty linen of ties with BJP

Dimapur July 19 (EMN): On the backdrop of formation of a new government after the dismissal of former chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezütsü, the NPF party today launched fresh tirades against the Governor, linking his RSS antecedents which it alleged played a major role in his decisions since the crises started and ultimately invited TR Zeliang to form the government. " The Naga People’s Front vehemently condemns the partisan role played by the Nagaland Governor in installing a Government through backdoor without following the due process of parliamentary norms. The haste with which he has acted time favouring the RSS-friendly dispensation should be a wake-up call to the Naga people that there are elements fiercely and furiously doing the utmost to pierce the Trishul into the heart-land of Christ. The presence of RSS functionaries in large number in Nagaland in the last few days should also open the eyes of the Naga people as to what exactly is the ulterior motive behind the present political drama," stated a press release from the NPF press bureau. It alleged that the Governor, a "Decorated RSS pracharak, was sent to the land of Christians with a single agenda but he could not effectively fulfil his mission so long as the BJP was riding piggy-back on the NPF." "If the Governor of Nagaland has any sense of decency and fair play, he owes to explain to the people of Nagaland and to his conscience (we believe he is not bereft of a conscience) what extenuating circumstances prompted him to support legislators sans party set up this time round when he did exactly the opposite in 2015. Or has he forgotten that in 2015 he did not entertain the NPF dissidents’ plea to dismiss the then so-called “minority” Government of TR Zeliang who then had the sanction and mandate of the party set up? The Governor should also not gloat over his act of dismissing the NPF-led DAN Government and installing and expelled legislator because this has shown the vindictiveness he harbours: The day after the NPF severed ties with the BJP, the Governor dismissed the NPF-led Government! He has shown his true colours for all to see, " it further stated. It also shed light to the supposed inner workings of the NPF in the DAN alliance over the years especially with its long time friend turned foe, the BJP. "By aligning with the BJP all these years and playing host to the saffron party, the NPF was successful in containing the agenda of the BJP in Nagaland. As coalition partner, the NPF managed to keep the BJP in alive but ensuring that it was barely alive not unlike a florist making bonsai out of a tree," the press release stated. The NPF party also surprisingly recounted the earlier electoral victories of the BJP stating that it had seen a decrease over the years and getting only one seat in 2013 and how it contested the merger of NCP to the BJP in 2014 probably to drive its point to the masses that the NPF was in control of the rise of the BJP. "However, after the BJP victory at the Centre in 2014, 3 NCP MLAs merged with the BJP which was contested by the NPF in the Courts thereby earning the ire of the Lok Sabha MP and former Chief Minister which is in public knowledge," stated the NPF party. It also alleged that the BJP was trying to repeat the Arunachal episode in Nagaland too but warned that it will not be successful. "It would seem that the BJP, buoyed by the Assam and Manipur victories, plans to repeat another Arunachal experiment in Nagaland. But the BJP has another thinking coming because its culture and mentality are alien to the Naga people. Without the NPF to cloak it, the BJP would stand fully exposed and its nakedness shall never appeal to the Naga psyche. "