\nNPF reminded that in 2002, Therie was dismissed as minister from the Jamir-led Congress government on disciplinary grounds, and despite writing \u201c9 to 10 pages\u201d to explain position to the Disciplinary Action Committee but expelled from the Congress.
\nIt said after expulsion, Therie \u201cimmediately went on an anti-Congress and anti-Jamir tirade using the most abusive and unparliamentary language\u201d. NPF said Therie claimed that one of the primary reasons for his anti-Jamir stand was the publication of the \u201cBedrock of Naga Society\u201d authored by Jamir and also Sonia Gandhi\u2019s foreign national issue.
\n NPF said after the first DAN government came to power in 2003, Therie was made finance minister but due to \u201chis indigestible style of functioning\u201d and mismanagement of funds was dropped from the ministry on popular demand. It said despite submission of his \u201c4 to 5\u201d page write up to plead his position; Therie was expelled from the NPF.
\nNPF went on to say that Therie coined the phrase – DAN was a \u201cpeople\u2019s government\u201d. As finance minister he demanded that S.C.Jamir and the Congress publicly apologize and reject the \u2018Bedrock of Naga society\u2019 or else the Naga people would never forgive Jamir and the Congress. It said Therie accused Jamir \u201cof lacking in vision\u201d and that \u201cJamir era in Naga politics was over.\u201d
\nToday, NPF said Therie has changed his political stand, principal and color and \u201chas become the chief agent for S.C. Jamir. It said Therie in defending Jamir, was repeating the same accusations against the NPF adding such a \u201ccontradictory behaviour is ridiculous\u201d that explained his level of political maturity and capability.
\nNPF said Therie and \u201chis new found mentor\u201d must realize that people are not fools and cannot be taken for granted each passing hour of the by election. It pointed that Therie lost election in 2008 then the Rajya Sabha election and the 2009 by elections adding; he does not know where he stood today.
\nNPF asserted that the people of Aonglenden would not be swayed \u201cby the contradictory utterances\u201d of one rejected even by the voters of his own district and constituency.
\nIt reminded that as finance minister in the NPF-led DAN government, Therie\u2019s views on the affairs of Nagaland were \u201cutterly negative\u201d.
\nMaintaining that the Centre would not sanction even a rupee to any states unless it was convinced about the performance and genuineness of investments, NPF said Nagaland was among the best performing states in India in many of the flagship programmes as justified by \u201cvarious prestigious national awards for exemplary implementation of welfare programmes.\u201d
\nIt said NPF-led DAN acknowledged that since Nagaland is a consuming and not producing state, it undertook the Herculean task of promote people\u2019s economy and cited the NE Agri Expos at Dimapur as successes towards economic stability of the state. Further it said, the DAN government also initiated improvement and innovation for cultivation and introduction of soil friendly food crops, cash crops etc for better harvest with latest technology and machinery that percolated to the grass root level.
\nOther achievement it pointed were improvement of roads, construction of office and residential buildings and agri-link roads which have \u201cmushroomed in all districts\u201d during the 8-year rule of DAN.
\nNPF rejected the allegation that the DAN government acted in a dictatorial manner with government employees. It said the retirement from service of government employees was done only after thorough study and deliberations with civil societies and employees for the well being of the people and the youths in particular. The NPF also said DAN government had also done much for the uplift of the youth in all fields during its 8-year rule \u201cas never before\u201d
\nReiterating that the vision and policies of the DAN government were clear, NPF claimed that in the eyes of the people, DAN was unbiased in striving for an honourable settlement of the \u201cIndo-Naga political problem\u201d acceptable to all. NPF slammed Therie for \u201cvoicing his opinion and comment\u201d on the history of the Naga problem and said he only ended up projecting himself as one who strongly opposed the people\u2019s efforts for Naga reconciliation and solution.
\nFurther it said the memories of lawlessness, killings and gun battles that rocked Nagaland are still fresh in the minds of the people but after the cease fire in 1997, the NPCC should not forget that despite being in absolute majority, the Congress failed to address the situation. NPF said after DAN came to power Nagaland became one of the most peaceful states in India and credited itself as facilitator of the \u201congoing Indo-Naga peace process\u201d for being the architect of the peaceful atmosphere.
\nNPF also mentioned that though the 33% reservation for women has yet to find unanimity despite rounds of talks with various sections including political parties, DAN was pursuing its enactment through consensus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"