Retarded developmental activities due to political problem: CM

Kohima, July 3 (EMN): Nagaland Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Monday lamented that due to the prolonged Naga political problem many developmental activities have been retarded but he hoped that very soon the problem will arrive at an acceptable settlement which will lead to progress and development of our state, a press release from the Chief Minister’s office stated on Monday.
The Chief Minister was interacting with the visiting team of 20 IPS Probationers and 2 faculty members from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad as part of Bharat Dharshan at Chief Minister’s Office Chamber, Civil Secretariat.
The chief minister stated that although Nagaland attained statehood fifty years back the state could not progress in many ways.
He said the Naga political problem is genuine national problem and the Prime Minister is doing his best to bring a solution.
“We are talking to the outfits in a hard and truthful way in order to move towards a solution”, the chief minister said.
Replying to the probationers’ queries during the interaction, Dr. Shürhozelie said the main purpose of education is to make a person a good individual.
Because of high literacy which is not in sync with the development in Nagaland, the youths are joining central jobs like the Indian Army and rued that because of the political problem many things could not be achieved.
On Tourism, the chief minister said that the state government is doing its best to improve infrastructure despite frequent rainfall which hampers infrastructure developments like roads.
He also said that all our neighbours are not good and although we need to advocate non-violence just as the Father of our Nation had advocated, “we cannot remain unprepared.”
The Chief Minister also encouraged the visiting IPS probationers that India being a vast conflict country, the Army, Navy and the Police were the backbone of the country and hoped that they would do justice to their uniform.
The delegation consisted of police trainee officers from Bhutan and Maldives.