Former NPCC president K Therie quits Congress, alleging breach of trust and interference by central leadership in state affairs.
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DIMAPUR — Former Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K Therie has resigned from the Indian National Congress (INC), alleging a “breach of trust” and unconstitutional interference by the party’s central leadership in the affairs of the state unit.
In a resignation letter addressed to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president on Thursday, Therie said the decision was prompted by the AICC backing out of the “10-point modalities agreement” between the INC and the NPCC.
He stated that the agreement, rooted in the spirit of Article 371A, guaranteed that Nagaland would remain “regional in content and national in outlook” and that the NPCC would be “supreme in the affairs of Nagaland”.
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Therie alleged that recent actions by the AICC had violated this understanding, particularly the implementation of the Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan (‘organisation reorganisation campaign’) and the appointment of District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents on March 30, which, he said, invalidated ongoing constitutional terms.
He said he had earlier objected to the reorganisation exercise in a letter dated January 31, 2026, but the concerns were ignored.
Therie further alleged that the issue was not an isolated instance but part of a broader pattern of interference in the affairs of the NPCC. He cited the removal of six out of 12 AICC members allotted to Nagaland since 1978, stating that the members had been duly elected by the NPCC in 2022 and were removed without fault on the part of the state unit or the individuals concerned.
He claimed that the move was linked to internal disputes within the party, including the refusal of Dr. Bobby Pannikar, former working president and treasurer of NPCC, to sign a “blank format” of the state election expenditure statement for 2023.
According to Therie, the matter was escalated to the AICC, where party in-charges for Nagaland were found guilty of election fund embezzlement. He alleged that those responsible were protected, while action was taken against others.
Describing the developments as “breach of trust on 10-point modalities, unconstitutional, and undemocratic”, Therie said he was tendering his resignation from the INC.