{"id":25619,"date":"2017-10-28T00:24:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T00:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2017\/10\/28\/tokheho-defends-nokes-appointment\/"},"modified":"2017-10-28T00:24:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T00:24:03","slug":"tokheho-defends-nokes-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/28\/tokheho-defends-nokes-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokheho defends Noke\u2019s appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reacting to the statement of the DAN coordination committee, asking adviser & DAN chairman, Noke Wangnao to prove support of parties backing him as the DAN chairman, Parliamentary Affairs minister and NPF legislature party spokesperson, Tokheho Yepthomi reminded the \u201cself-styled\u201d committee that Noke was unanimously elected as the DAN chairman during the DAN legislature party meeting on July 26, 2017.<\/div>\n
Tokheho said Noke\u2019s candidature was proposed by Imtilemba (BJP), minister for Cooperation, R&R, MARCOFED and seconded by SI Jamir (NPF), adviser (Urban Development) and Er. Levi Rengma (IND), parliamentary secretary (Housing) in the presence of state BJP president, Visasolie Lhoungu.<\/div>\n
\u201cTherefore, it is without an iota of doubt that Noke Wangnao is the DAN chairman which comprises of 36 NPF, 4 BJP and 7 Independent MLAs,\u201d Tokheho added. He said that the BJP-led NDA at the Centre was a conglomeration of few parties. However, since the group led by Dr Sh\u00fcrhozelie had viciously severed ties with the BJP and the NDA on July 18, they have no reason to claim to be part and parcel of the NDA, Tokheho stated.<\/div>\n
He said even though Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu claimed to be the DAN chairman, supposedly supported by NCP and JD (U), these parties do not have a single MLA or party organisation in the state. Therefore, Tokheho said that there should not be any confusion about Noke being the DAN chairman.<\/div>\n
Tokheho also said it was unambiguous that Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie\u2019s group was \u201cusing all forms of undemocratic means to threaten the Speaker to disqualify the 36 MLAs and also forcing him to recognise Azo as the leader of the NPF legislature party and recognise Yitachu as the chief whip.\u201d He said the office of the speaker was a constitutional post and the wisdom and integrity of the office should not be challenged by any individual. Tokheho reminded Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie\u2019s group not to make the mistake they had made when Chotisuh Sazo was the speaker, wherein he was forced to disqualify three BJP MLAs in 2014. However, he said the disqualification was quashed by the Gauhati High Court. Tokheho said it was clear that Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie had forced Chotisuh to disqualify the BJP MLAs fearing that the BJP would disturb the government if their numbers increased. <\/div>\n
On Yitachu\u2019s statement that they could impeach the speaker, Tokheho said \u201cIf they have found any fault, they should not have had any second thought and should have moved for impeachment of the speaker.\u201d Therefore, Tokheho said they challenged Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie\u2019s group to do so if their contentions were valid.<\/div>\n
With regard to ECI directing NPF to hold the General Convention, Tokheho made known that the dispute was not over and that despite allegations and counter allegations, a case had been filed for hearing which was pending. <\/div>\n
Quoting paragraph 8 of the EC\u2019s order, Tokheho said it clearly stated that \u201cuntil such recourse has been exhausted, it would not be fit for the Commission to adjudicate the matter.\u201d Therefore, he said it was better for both groups to restrain themselves and wait for the EC\u2019s verdict.<\/div>\n
On the allegation against the Governor and the state government of running an \u201cunconstitutional\u201d government, Tokheho said there was not a single government in the country being run without following the Constitution. <\/div>\n
He said the repeated claims– that the government headed by TR Zeliang would fall on September 21 and\/or October 25, were all misleading and ignorant statements.<\/div>\n
\u201cThe people are the best judge as to whether there is a Government in Nagaland or not contrary to the predictions of Dr. Sh\u00fcrhozelie\u2019s group,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n
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Reacting to the statement of the DAN coordination committee, asking adviser & DAN chairman, Noke Wangnao to prove support of parties backing him as the DAN chairman, Parliamentary Affairs minister and NPF legislature party spokesperson, Tokheho Yepthomi reminded the \u201cself-styled\u201d committee that Noke was unanimously elected as the DAN chairman during the DAN legislature party […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}