Rio, NPF flay
Chief minister Neiphiu Rio and NPF party have condemned Wangyuh\u2019s action and said the party would appropriate action against the MP for violating the party\u2019s directive issued on July 9.
Talking to mediapersons in Kohima, Rio termed Wangyuh\u2019s action as \u201cunfortunate and a betrayal of the party and the people.\u201d The chief minister also regretted that the Congress party had \u201cresorted to negative means to win the trust vote by using bribery in luring the MPs to vote in favour of the motion or abstain from the voting.\u201d
The central office bearers of the NPF party, which held an emergency meeting Wednesday at the NPF central office, Kohima, under the chairmanship of the party\u2019s working president Dr. VC Kanito, also condemned the alleged culture of the Congress party in encouraging and promoting bribery and luring of MPs and MLAs and indulging in horse trading. NPF associate press secretary Shilu Mar in a press release said Wangyuh Konyak who was elected as MP by the Naga people with a record winning margin of 4.5 lakh, had intentionally betrayed the trust of the Naga people and \u201cbitterly betrayed\u201d the NPF. NPF further informed that the party would take necessary action against Wangyuh.
CLP fetes
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has congratulated Lok Sabha MP W Wangyuh Konyak for supporting the UPA government during the trust vote. Parliamentary secretary, CLP, K V Pusa in a press release said Wangyuh\u2019s decision was highly appreciated as he had done it for the larger interest of the country and the downtrodden people.
\u201cIt is well known fact that Indo-US nuclear deal once materialized would immensely help our country, especially for poverty alleviation. But it is unfortunate that some people are trying to oppose this simply for their self-fish interest and reasons,\u201d CLP said.
Meanwhile, NPCC has refuted the claim of BJP leader M C Konyak that the State Congress had purchased Wangyuh to vote in favour of the trust vote.
Terming MC Konyak\u2019s claims as \u201cnothing but a figment of imagination,\u201d NPCC president Hokheto Sumi in a press release said the NPCC had only made a fervent appeal to the lone MP from Nagaland, to leave aside petty political ideology differences and support the UPA Government during the trust vote in the Parliament, considering the importance and necessity of nuclear energy for the State of Nagaland in particular and the Nation as a whole.
\u201cMaking such statement without any substantiation is an act of immature politics,\u201d NPCC added.
An eye opener: BJP
BJP Nagaland has said the trust vote was an eye opener for the DAN coalition to select trustworthy representatives on whom Nagas could repose their faith. Vice president and spokesman, Nagaland BJP, TL Merry in a press release said the DAN leadership had made it clear that Wangyuh should vote against the motion. Even, the State BJP president Ato Yepthomi had gone to Delhi to persuade Wangyuh and to ensure \u201caccountability,\u201d he said.
However, Wangyuh \u201cdefied the coalition\u2019s directive and swapped the invaluable, sacred Naga vote in the Parliament purportedly for his personal interest,\u201d the party added.
A separate press release issued by media cell convenor, State BJP, Imkong Imchen informed that parliamentary secretary for I& FC, Y Patton had asked the MP to step down saying the latter had no moral right to remain as MP.
Patton also said despite repeated reasoning and persuasion by NPF president, State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Khekiho Zhimomi, the MP had violated DAN policies.
Meanwhile, as fallout to Wangyuh\u2019s action, the MP\u2019s press secretary Basu Damani has tendered resignation from the post of press secretary with immediate effect. Damani in a press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"