Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K. Therie on Tuesday while asserting that “we have no problem with the Hindu religion” expressed wonder why BJP was “attacking our religion”.
According to media cell NPCC, Therie said after the BJP-led NDA government came to power at the centre, Christmas day has been declared as Good Governance Day and Good Friday as Judges’ Conference day.
Addressing the public meetings during NPCC’s mass contact tour for ‘change’ at Tuensang, Tobu and Mopong towns, Therie said “our society lives peacefully and no questions about which religion one belongs to were raised until the Modi government came to power.”
He alleged that life has changed through ‘Ghar Wapasi’ and ‘beef ban’ under the present BJP-led NDA government.
NPCC president said Modi has travelled to more the 30 Christian and Muslim countries after becoming Prime Minister in a bid to promote his government’s ‘Make In India’ initiative. Whereas, Therie said his RSS-led BJP government continued to discriminate Christians and Muslims back home.
State Congress chief claimed that no Christian or Muslim nation would invest in India as long as BJP continued to divide the nation on religious lines. “How can Christians vote for BJP in the next election? The only reason to vote for them is for their money,” he said.
Therie also flayed the 60 MLAs for not reacting to the “sufferings of our Christian brothers so far.” He said Nagaland government has no works plan for the public to use a single spade to earn their livelihood. “Today job card holders are not getting anything while the non job card holders have become the real beneficiaries,” he said.
Stating that NPCC continued to uphold the 10-point modalities signed in 1978 with then AICC president Indira Gandhi in the presence of AICC general secretary A.R. Antulay, he said the 10-point modalities gave NPCC a unique place in the Indian National Congress.
He maintained that political solution has been the top agenda for Congress since its inception.
NPCC chief said the party have even gone beyond its mandate by offering talks without pre-conditions, adding that there were ceasefire agreements and negotiations today because of that.
Stating that the party was pained by the delay in finding an amicable solution, Therie said “given opportunity to rule, we will play an effective mediatory role to secure political and economic solutions”. Taking an example of blind men and an elephant, Therie said the 60 MLAs could only request Prime Minister, Home Minister and the Interlocutor to resolve the Naga political problem as soon as possible, without any vision, recommendations or suggestions.
Reminding that Nagas were no lesser than anyone and that each vote was precious, Therie said it was that vote which would decide what the voter wanted and appealed to each voter to elect good leaders.
Meanwhile, NPCC president K. Therie said “I disagreed with the Bedrock of Naga Society for which I was asked to resign and expelled from the Congress”. He however thanked the public for voting his party to power back in 2003 and said that the party manifesto assured to secure a settlement to the Indo-Naga political problem if voted to power. However, he said Rio decided to merely facilitate and support.
Maintaining that the crisis within the Congress party was now over, NPCC president said presently there was coordination between the NPCC and DCCs, adding that after many consultations, the NPCC has come out with the roadmap for ‘change’. Others who addressed the public meetings included Athang Chongloi (secy., NPCC), Dokiu Kecham (gen. secy. NPCC), I. Alemla Chang (secy. NPCC), N. Mosha Chang (president DCC Tuensang), V. Lasuh (vice president NPCC) and L. Chuba Yim (secy. NPCC).
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