{"id":99109,"date":"2016-10-31T22:50:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2016\/10\/31\/bjp-prepared-to-walk-out-of-dan\/"},"modified":"2016-10-31T22:50:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:50:02","slug":"bjp-prepared-to-walk-out-of-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2016\/10\/31\/bjp-prepared-to-walk-out-of-dan\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP prepared to walk out of DAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Following the unceremonious sacking of BJP legislator, Mmhonlumo Kikon as parliamentary secretary of Labour and Employment and Skill Development, uncertainty looms over the 13-year old NPF-BJP alliance&#8211; Democratic Alliance of Nagaland.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Furious at the shabby treatment meted to its party legislator, BJP members at a general meeting held in the head office here Monday, expressed strong resentment at the unilateral and arbitrary decision of chief minister T.R. Zeliang in sacking the BJP legislator.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>It was also disclosed that irate party members were prepared to walk out of the DAN alliance. Though this sentiment dominated the meeting, the party leaders however assuaged the ruffled feelings by reminding members that since the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) is spearheaded by BJP and of which, NPF is also part of the non-Congress entity, the state unit would opt for reviewing its alliance with DAN instead of walking out immediately.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>In the statement, Yanghose also rebuffed the statement of BJP national ST morcha vice president, Johnny Rengma that appeared in a section of the local press wherein he was quoted saying that it well within the prerogative of the chief minister to sack the BJP legislator.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Yanghose said Johny\u2019s remarks were \u201cnon-official and unauthorized and the party shall not be held responsible\u201d and added that it was purely his opinion and not the party\u2019s.<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, BJP sources told Nagaland Post that Kikon\u2019s dismissal was not only shocking but also a slap on the face for the BJP.<\/div>\n<div>BJP party source said though it was the prerogative to appoint and dismiss members of the cabinet and government yet it should follow the proper procedure, protocol and spirit of the alliance.<\/div>\n<div>They pointed out that Kikon was sacked without the consent of the party nor was there a discussion or approval of the DAN Coordination Committee.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf there were any shortfalls on his part or on the part of the BJP, then it should have been discussed thoroughly before taking such an extreme step,\u201d a senior BJP member stated.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>However, if his sacking was related to the PIL filed by Lotha Hoho, as reported, sources said the CMO should have been well aware that once a PIL is filed and admitted it cannot be withdrawn till the matter reaches its logical conclusion.<\/div>\n<div>The Supreme Court on January 15, 2016 said once a PIL is filed and heard, it cannot be allowed to be withdrawn. The apex court was hearing a lawyer\u2019s plea that he was getting threats for filing a PIL seeking entry of girls and women in the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cLet people know this that once a public interest litigation (PIL) is filed and entertained, you cannot withdraw it,\u201d a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and N V Ramana said.<\/div>\n<div>BJP sources said: \u201cThe fact needs to be recorded that a legislator doesn\u2019t carry their respective tribal hoho\u2019s in their pockets.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>This is definitely not the way to treat an alliance partner, which is also a national party and is leading the country under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi, sources said, while condemning the NPF and its leadership of trying to out-muscle the BJP in an autocratic manner and embarrassing the party.<\/div>\n<div>Sources said Kikon was not informed about the decision, but came to know of his removal only through WhatsApp and social networking sites as the letter that went viral. Kikon at the time was in Arunachal Pradesh attending a regional conclave with national and international leaders.<\/div>\n<div>The chief minister nor the DAN chairman had the courtesy to inform the elected member, the party sources said.<\/div>\n<div>The sentiments of the state party unit would be conveyed to the central party after which the latter would take the final call on whether to continue or discontinue with the alliance.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the unceremonious sacking of BJP legislator, Mmhonlumo Kikon as parliamentary secretary of Labour and Employment and Skill Development, uncertainty looms over the 13-year old NPF-BJP alliance&#8211; Democratic Alliance of Nagaland. Furious at the shabby treatment meted to its party legislator, BJP members at a general meeting held in the head office here Monday, expressed [&hellip;]<\/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-99109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99109","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=99109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}