Let ECI decide NPF party ownership: Rio

Our Correspondent
Kohima August 15 (EMN): Member of Parliament Lok Sabha and interim president of the NPF party, Neiphiu Rio has said that the issue of the ongoing dispute of NPF party ownership should be rested with the decision of the Election Commission of India.
Talking to Eastern Mirror at Raj Bhavan today after the Governor’s Award programme, Rio stated that the issue on party ownership will not be decided in Kohima or Nagaland, and therefore, suggested that “there is no point of quarrelling or create misunderstanding amongst the party members.”
“The issue on party ownership would be decided by the Election Commission of India and not by any party here in Kohima or Nagaland. Therefore, it is better that we (NPF party workers) do not quarrel or create any misunderstanding among ourselves,” Rio said.
He further stated that what is happening in regard to the NPF office issue at Hotel Legacy is improper and remains questionable. On matters pertaining to the agitation of the NPF of Dr Shurho’s group demanding the resignation of the Governor, the Lok Sabha MP suggested that they should find the solution legally.
On the four days NPF agitation at Raj Bhavan, the Governor PB Acharya also clarified that he had acted constitutionally. “I have not created the rift, but it is the trust deficiency among their leaders,” Acharya said reiterating that the differences are between the party leaders.
Asked on what his response was to the agitators, the Governor informed that they did not meet him in person nor have submitted any paper during the last four days of agitation. “It is their democratic right to protest, but I do not know what the logic behind this is,” Acharya wondered.