EMN
DIMAPUR, JANUARY 29
REACTING to the news report that appeared in some local dailies on January 29 stating that Rio to pave way for TR Zeliang as Chief Minister, the Chief Minister’s Office has termed the news item as purely specualtive and said the CMO source mentioned in the news item is not valid.“The contents of the news item are all speculative as no genuine source is mentioned,” the CMO in a release issued by Abu Metha said today.
The release also denied the news item quoting CMO source and clarified that the information quoting the CMO is not true.
Also, condemning what it called baseless allegation that the CM is trying to escape corruption charges, the CMO pointed out that in more than 10 years of chief ministership, the Chief Minister has not faced any corruption charge and therefore the question of escaping such charges just does not arise.
It further said the decision with regard to the NPF candidate for the Lok Sabha seat and related political steps will be taken by the members and the party.
The CMO felt that the publication of such unauthenticated news item based on mere speculation is negative and damaging.
