Kohima Village Council on Saturday rejected the proposal of senior NPF party functionaries for exchanging the Capital Convention Centre (CCC) with NPF central office building.
KVC chairman Dr. Neiphi Kire said the council after conducting physical verification of both the buildings was surprised to see the glaring difference between the two buildings in terms of size and space. The factual comparism was nothing like the comparism on paper drawn up by the NPF signatories, KVC sated.
It said the NPF building was just a modest building with few office rooms, small conference rooms under renovation and a small compound which could hardly park ten vehicles. On the other hand, the CCC was a much bigger with well furnished conference rooms, lodging facilities, ample parking space with a big compound enough to host weddings and other such mega events. KVC said the centre, which built when the present chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu was the then urban development minister, has been used for hosting various events from time to time and was serving the public well.
While acknowledging the noble initiative of Dr. Liezietsu, KVC said the statement by NPF signatories that “the activities that were carried out at the CCC could be conveniently carried out at NPF office building as it was also as big as the Convention centre”, was incorrect and far from the truth. KVC termed it as “most unfortunate that eminent politicians would resort to such alternative facts (lies) for political gains at the cost of the public”.
However, KVC expressed confidence that the chief minister will not rush into any hasty decision without ascertaining the facts for himself. “If public properties are allowed to be taken over by vested private parties simply because they are in power, there will be hardly any worthwhile public properties left in our state in due course of time,” KVC said. In this regard, KVC hoped that the chief minister would continue to place public good before party interest.
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