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Dimapur, July 30 (EMN): Leader of opposition and former chief minister TR Zeliang has questioned the remark made by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on the office memorandum asking state government employees to self-declare their ties, if any, with members of the Naga political groups.
In a social media post, Zeliang stated that the “unsolicited clarifications that the state government continues to give, including the personal remark of the chief minister, on why an OM has been issued for self declaration by all government employees with ties to the Naga political groups, speaks volumes of the unstable and irresolute decision making of the government".
“Passing the buck onto Raj Bhavan for whatever decisions the state government takes is tantamount to admitting their inefficiency to run the affairs of the state responsibly,” he wrote.
Zeliang also questioned why the government is silent on the Cabinet decision taken on July 3.
‘The state governor as the constitutional head of the state can advise the CM, however, the final call is taken by the CM along with his council of ministers. To blame the governor for the decisions taken and passed for the citizens of the state is unethical and unprecedented. The government should have convened an emergency Assembly session and deliberated on the matter by all the elected members,’ he said.
The opposition leader stated that the silence of the CM on the deliberation of the Cabinet and subsequent decisions taken was "shady".
‘Now when it is time to own up to the orders passed on to its citizens, the government is running hither and thither to hide behind the advice of the governor,’ he wrote.