'Power-mongering' NPF has failed to defend Nagas from communal forces, says Therie

Dimapur, Sep. 17 (EMN): Maintaining its offensive on NPF and BJP, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has once again accused the two parties of conspiring to replace the Naga way of life with that of the Hindutva culture. An NPCC press release on Sunday reported its chief, K Therie as having made this announcement during public rallies of the party’s ‘district tour programme’ at Longleng, Zunheboto and Wokha recently. “Addressing the public meetings, NPCC president, K Therie said the regional parties have failed to defend the people of Nagaland from communal forces that will erode the special provisions like Article 371 under the Constitution of India, religion, culture, customs and traditions of the Naga people. He said that despite the BJP's threat to eliminate Christianity from India by 2021 and to plant the Trishul in Nagaland by 2019, not one voice was raised by the MLAs against the BJP's Hindutva, uniform civil code or the growing intolerance across the nation propagated by BJP forces towards minorities and anyone who voiced against them.” Growing negative international trade resulting from the BJP's intolerance towards Christianity and other religions has left fewer resources for allocation to pay for CSS and other social schemes, Therie was reported as saying. “He said this was the reason that CSS funds are not being paid in time and the reason for BJP government levying sky-high excise rates on fuel and lifting subsidies on petroleum products despite price of international crude oil falling to less than half compared to Dr. Manmohan Singh's time.” He said power mongering in the NPF party has resulted in ‘multiple defections and four chief ministers’ within a single term. “Addressing a huge gathering in Longleng, Therie said the people of the district have suffered the unbelievably bad roads long enough and given opportunity, Congress government would give the district a 2-lane all weather road till Mon. “Speaking at Zunheboto, Therie recalled the journey of the Naga political movement with Pt. Jaharlal (sic) Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and said that today, every citizen yearns for peace. He reminded that it was the Congress PM PV Narasimha Rao that (sic) offered talks without preconditions at Dimapur on 22nd Feb.,1996 and said Congress would continue to uphold the policy of non-violence by endeavouring to solve the political problem through peaceful and constitutional means without compromising basic human rights, in line with the forerunner of NPCC, the NNO's resolution of 1972 at Pfütsero. “At Wokha, Therie recalled the Lotha leaders and said that the community has been blessed with abundance of not only resources but also with tall leaders. Adding that the community has produced one of the highest number of bureaucrats who are educated, he called upon the people to help rescue Nagaland by wisely electing stable leaders who can deliver welfare and development to the district.”