Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has described recent statements by the NPF as \u201cworthless allegations\u201d not meriting response but maintained that the ruling NPF\u2019s \u201cflip flop stand on matters of governance and the Naga political issue needs to be exposed for the public to see the bare truth\u201d.<\/p>\n
NPCC has termed NPF\u2019s political support to UPA and NDA at the centre as \u201cpolitical opportunism and doublespeak\u201d.<\/p>\n
To buttress its claim, NPCC said NPF \u201chobnobbed with UPA on different occasions\u201d after the rout of the BJP-led NDA in 2003. <\/p>\n
It also revealed, that when the NDA was again defeated in 2009, the NPF threatened two BJP legislators -M.C.Konyak and Y.Patton- that they would be dropped from the ministry if they did not join NPF. <\/p>\n
After both relented on May 17,2009, NPCC said chief minister Neiphiu Rio rushed to meet with AICC president Sonia and prime minister Dr Manmohan to \u201cextend unconditional support\u201d to the UPA and which remained till the 2013 assembly election. <\/p>\n
In the recent political crisis at the Centre when TMC and later, DMK withdrew support to the UPA coalition government, NPCC said NPF \u201cpresumed\u201d that the UPA would collapse and therefore revived the NDA alliance in Nagaland with the BJP and JD (U) during the state assembly election. <\/p>\n
It further claimed that NPF during the election campaign \u201cprovided helicopter\u201d to ferry BJP president Rajnath Singh to campaign in Tizit on February 19,2013. <\/p>\n
After formation of the DAN-III government, NPCC said chief minister Rio,home minister Kaito, and planning minister T.R.Zeliang met BJP president Rajnath Singh and JD(U) leader Sharad Pawar of the NDA, where Rio told the media that the NPF and BJP would work to \u2018strengthen ties\u201d and plan future strategies with the BJP-led NDA. <\/p>\n
NPCC further claimed that despite pullouts by TMC and DMK UPA survived and when it was bolstered by a comfortable win in Karnataka elections, the NPF did a \u2018volte-face\u2019 by clarifying that it was \u201cstill supporting UPA\u201d but \u201ccontradicted itself\u201d when NPF stated in a news report it was joining hands and working with the BJP. <\/p>\n
Taxation:<\/span> On the accusations by the NPF that Congress was responsible for factors contributing to \u201ctaxations\u201d in Nagaland; NPCC reiterated that it was the duty of the government to \u201cenforce rule of law\u201d against the \u201cunabated taxation\u201d which was raised by NGOs, civil societies and some church leaders. <\/p>\n NPCC pointed out that instead of governing the state in the past ten years, the NPF only caused further divide within the undergrounds, into groups by its \u201cequi-closeness\u201d policy, which differed from the \u201cequi-distance\u201d policy of the Congress. <\/p>\n NPCC accused NPF leaders of trying to escape responsibility by equating law and order problem with the Naga political issues that resulted in the \u201cmenace of unabated taxation\u201d . <\/p>\n NPCC asserted that it was high time to delink Naga political issue from law and order problem and accused the NPF-led DAN government of turning a blind eye and resorting to \u201ccheap and malicious propaganda with an intention to hoodwink\u201d people from the \u201cburning issue of unabated taxation\u201d. <\/p>\n It also pointed out that Nagaland has the highest police to population ratio of 1:74 in India besides more than ten(10)units of Assam Rifles in various district headquarters and also CRPF and BSF, all of which were sufficient to \u201cenforce the writ of the state\u2019.<\/p>\n NPCC also claimed that while blaming Congress, NPF \u201ccontradicted\u201d itself first by supporting the civil societies against unabated taxation and then \u201cjustifying taxation\u201d on the plea that undergrounds did it for their \u201csustenance and rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n This, NPCC said exposed the bitter truth that the NPF government was \u201chelpless\u201d in curbing the menace of unabated taxation and challenged NPF that if it was serious about the sustenance and rehabilitation of the undergrounds, it should send a proposal to the government of India instead of blaming the Congress.<\/p>\n Political issue: <\/span>NPCC renewed its earlier stand that NPF indulged only \u201crhetoric on Naga political issue\u201d since 2003, when it promised to bring solution within three months of coming to power. <\/p>\n It further reminded that chief minister Neiphiu Rio had declared in the assembly, that talks were going on in the right direction but even after 16 years solution remained elusive.<\/p>\n NPCC also reminded that on August 22,2012 all 60 legislators and two MPs met central leaders for an early solution as per the resolutions adopted by the Joint Legislators Forum(JLF) on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n However, NPCC said while Congress decided to resign so as to pave way as per JLF resolution, the NPF claimed it had the mandate for a full term and refused to resign before any solution. <\/p>\n NPCC also slammed NPF for causing strains in relations with neighbouring states where Nagas were inhabited and which has caused stumbling block for solution to the Naga issue. <\/p>\n NPCC demanded that in its third innings, DAN should inform Nagas as to what contribution it made to facilitate solution in the past decade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has described recent statements by the NPF as \u201cworthless allegations\u201d not meriting response but maintained that the ruling NPF\u2019s \u201cflip flop stand on matters of governance and the Naga political issue needs to be exposed for the public to see the bare truth\u201d. 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