NPCC hits back at former members

Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has slammed the continued tirade against the party, particularly against its president, K. Therie, by former Dimapur District Congress Committee (DDCC) office bearers.

In a statement issued by the party’s media cell on Sunday, the NPCC said the continued outbursts were the outcome of political defectors searching for a reason to cover their guilt and shameless actions hoping that the public would be convinced with their “lies and half truths”.

NPCC said that it had made it very clear that only those who believed in the ideology and principles of Indian National Congress were welcome and that party workers were to work for people and not for position. “This clarity of stand must have become a tall order for some rank opportunists who are now barking with bitterness even after defecting,” the statement added.

It said that the continued attack on their former party and its president was just an attempt by the defectors to be in the good book of their new masters, lest their presence went unnoticed. The party said the former DDCC office bearers would never survive in their new abode by only looking back with bitterness.

“We also thank the divided NPF camp for welcoming the defectors since their camp that exists without any party ideology or principle is the perfect place to host all political defectors. We however caution the leaders of divided NPF camp that political defectors are like migratory birds without any permanent roosting place. Their loyalty will never be established and tomorrow at the drop of a hat, they will desert you and hurl choicest of words which only defectors can shamelessly proclaim,” the statement warned.

NPCC also reiterated its commitment to the people of Nagaland of going all out to defeat the combined forces of “corrupt NPF and communal BJP/RSS”. 

Stating that the Congress was the last bastion against “destructive forces”, the party appealed to people from all walks of life to come forward and join hands with Congress to provide “clean governance and live as free citizens”.

On Saturday, former DDCC, ACCC, mahilas and frontal bodies rubbished NPCC’s accusations and reminded that they had quit the party due “the unprecedented act and autocratic functioning of the NPCC president.”