Therie accuses Rijiju of ‘persecuting Christians’ in India

Dimapur, Jan. 14 (EMN): The president of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) K Therie has more or less accused Union Home minister of state Kiren Rijiju of “persecuting Christians across the nation.”
in a press statement issued on Sun., Therie stated that “Union Home Minister of State Kiren Rijiju should stop persecuting Christians across the nation and also stop demolition of churches, free foreign contributions toward missionary works such as hospitals, schools, colleges and other charity works, pay scholarships to theological students and also stop hate campaigns and discrimination against Christians; and then come to Nagaland.
“He at one time said GoI (government of India) will not break the ceasefire and negotiations and that they will do everything to keep negotiation and peace alive. They do not have solution for us. It is no wonder when he is saying the status of peace cannot be revealed at this juncture because he doesn’t know what they are talking about. This is the true intention of the BJP.”
On Rijiju’s reported statement that elections in Nagaland should not be linked with solution to the Indo-Naga talks, Therie claimed that the latter made the remark because the ‘BJP has no answer in Parliament.’
“Their objective is to prolong and let generations perish expecting new generations will change their minds. People should not be confused by words of peace and development BJP continues to promise. They in reality have nothing to give and we cannot continue to suffer under the present situations. Their promises (sic) of development are hollow and far from reality. They cannot even maintain existing roads and infrastructure.
“Nagaland voters must realize NPF is outlived and is now a spent force. Their infighting will continue till death does them apart. The 12th state assembly has drawn us backward to the pre-statehood period,” the statement from Therie read.