Dimapur, Jan 22 (EMN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Mon. issued a statement laced with biting scorn in response to the comments made by KL Chishi, a former leader of the NPPC, who deserted the Congress to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “It is very unfortunate that a senior leader like KL Chishi chooses to leave the Congress party and suddenly started finding fault with the organization and blaming everyone except himself. We wish to remind him that it is the Congress party which has always given him the opportunity despite his prodigal ways hoping that with age and experience he will be able to sober down his migratory instincts. His resignation for the third time from Congress party is a record of sorts and we can only wish him the best in his new political abode.
“However, his new found love for BJP-RSS does not entail him to blame everything on Congress especially on the Naga political settlement. Many before him have also joined the NPF-BJP bandwagon on the pretext of bringing an early solution to the Naga political issue but this only remains a perfect alibi for political defectors to cover up their guilt and shame before the people. Therefore, we request him to find some other issues rather than join the chorus of other political defectors to protect the dignity of the office of CM he once held for a brief time,” a statement from the NPCC on Mon. read.
It stated that the party was in the ‘process of filtering out the elements of leaders who are directly or indirectly responsible for the plight of the party for the past 15 years’. The party acknowledged that, in the interim, it might have lost ‘many dedicated party workers and upcoming leaders due to the overbearing attitude of those seniors who have now left the party’.
“Therefore, an opportunity is being presented to all secular and progressive minded people in the state to join hands with Congress and defeat the combined regional and communal forces of NPF-BJP and its offshoots like NDPP who have destroyed the state in every sphere of governance.
“Congress is the only roadblock in the grand designs of the BJP-RSS to impose their divisive and communal agenda on our people through its comfort regional parties. We therefore appeal to our people to understand the grim situation at hand before it is too late. Congress has been and will always be the voice of the people,” the statement read.
