DIMAPUR, JUNE 16: A noticeably amused Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Thursday has requested the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to desist from replaying their similar and more-than-frequent and similar “resolutions” that restate the usual “urgings to the government of India, Naga political groups…”
The NPCC issued a statement on Thursday ridiculing that the frequent travels to Delhi and their ‘repeated resolutions’, which the Congress said was “for the sake of publicity.” The Congress press release, issued through its president K Therie, has asked the NLA members to stop insulting the intelligence of the people of Nagaland.
The press release read:
“The Nagaland Legislators Forum (NLF) represented by all 60 Legislators, who represent the people and the soil of Nagaland, should stop making repeated resolutions for the sake of publicity. They must know the value of being Legislative Members who constitute the State Assembly. They had similar resolutions urging GOI, NPGs and FNR recently. The so called resolutions are only programs and requests. They should stop shaming the intellectuals of Nagaland before neighboring states and the nation.”
The NPCC also wondered that what the governor of Nagaland recently remarked “did not even strike their minds.”
The governor said, the NPCC reminded the legislators, “honourable members of the Legislative Assembly are not elected just to make resolutions and not deliver.”
“The 60 MLAs also went to Delhi last year at the expense of public exchequer. How many times do they have to travel without results? The trip will be another waste of time and money of public tax. The state is aware that even after over 70 negotiation meetings, GOI and the negotiating team are unable to bring out a solution acceptable by majority of stakeholders.”
The Congress referred to the ‘Naga memorandum’ to the Simon Commission. “9-Point Agreement was not secret, Plebiscite was open. 16-Point Agreement was open. The Revolutionary Government Agreement was open. Shillong Accord was open. They were drafted by Nagaland’s Leaders. They took responsibility on the resolved points before GOI and the people. This why we have statehood with Art 371A.”
Hence, the Congress stated, if the Nagaland state assembly is at all “sincere and has the courage,” they should “outline the points considering the wishes and the aspirations of the people and negotiate with the GOI as our leaders have done in the past.”
Advising the legislators that they should not become so low and weak, the NPCC remarked that “our founding leaders and forerunner leaders have never stood so low.”
It added: ‘Many gave their lives but live on in the history of Nagaland. By God’s providence some have lived to serve us and we owe them all that we have today. We admire them and for us, we shall draw our strength from the spirit of our leaders and live to the expectations of our people and siblings.’
