DIMAPUR: The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Youth Organisation was astounded by the recent statements made by the senior NPF party leaders, who claimed that the candidates who contested in NPF seats were real Nagas, and termed the statement as a direct insult to every candidate who participated in the recent elections.
“The NPF’s absurd claim that it is the only regional party in Nagaland explains the mentality of its leadership. They seem to be living in their own time capsule without realising that there has been a generational change and the world has moved on. They are obviously living in past glory and unable to accept the realities of the present times and the current generation,” a statement from NDPP youth media cell said.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]It stated that NDPP today has emerged as the only viable regional political party in Nagaland. It stated that it is not a claim of the party but a reflection of the Naga people’s mandate and the voice of the masses. It went to claimed that since 2018, NDPP has won every election with bigger and larger margins.
NDPP youth has advised the NPF to understand where it stands. It added that ‘so-called’ oldest regional party contested only a handful of seats and won in only two seats in the recent assembly elections. It went to claim that they had given up even before the polls as they had no chance of forming the government since they had no possibility of reaching a majority on their own, nor did they have any alliance with any political party.
It recalled that in 2019, despite having several MLAs, NPF failed to even field a candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, but rather extended support to the Congress party candidate even though it has a history of opposing the Congress and its policies for decades.
As for the NDPP, it stated that its vision, aims and objectives and ideology are crystal clear. Describing NDPP as a regional party that is deep rooted with the Naga people, it stated that they are a political party that is regional in character and spirit, with a national outlook and a party that has policies, programmes and visions that are in tune with global realities.
NDPP youth also claimed that they carry the voice and desire of the Naga people and their topmost agenda is honourable resolution of the Naga political imbroglio in a peaceful, democratic and inclusive manner.
“Our highlighted policies include promotion of our rich culture, preservation of our age old traditions and internationalisation of our tourism industry through our policy of “Land of Festivals.” Constantly pushing Brand Nagaland to the national and international community through Naga Soft Power remains our daily aspiration. These are just some of the many reasons why we are a regional party deeply rooted in the Naga way of life,” it added.