Dimapur, August 10 (EMN): Former chief minister and MLA, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Thursday iterated that many party workers, who have left the party and pledged their support to the rebel group, have no knowledge where they are heading and warned that by aligning with expelled and suspended MLAs they have automatically defected from the NPF party.
Addressing the NPF Mokokchung Division party leaders during the consultative meeting at Central party office, Dr. Shürhozelie, who is also the president of NPF, said some party workers have run away to the rebel camp and made an agreement with them without knowing what “evil designs the rebel camp have in store.”
Unless they change their mind and return to the party fold, they will be considered as defectors from the NPF party, he added.
On the “Interim President,” Dr. Shurhozelie said it is a mockery to fool the people as nowhere in the NPF Constitution is there any mention of a post of Interim President, except only one president and two working presidents.
Terming the present crisis as just “a temporary setback,” the president said “things will normalise soon” and urged the party leaders to have more patience and face the challenges ahead.
Dr. Shürhozelie also said that those who upheld the NPF principles and stood firm with the party were the luckiest leaders saying “the party is prepared to face 2018 elections and we will have only strong and truthful leaders with us.”
He also conveyed to the Mokokchung Division party leaders that the party will fill up the vacancies created by the run-away group with the best and trusted leaders so that the party will sail smoothly.
Dr. Shürhozelie reiterating that the present crisis occurred due to the secret agreement made between, TR Zeliang, Neiphiu Rio, BJP in-charge of the North East Ram Madhav, Nagaland Governor PB Acharya and NEDA Chairman, Himanta Biswa Sarmah to dismiss his government and install TR government with the sole intention of hijacking the whole party to the BJP once things cool down.
The same formula was used in the case of Arunachal Pradesh government where the whole congress MLA merged with the BJP, he pointed out. The NPF President, therefore, urged the party workers to study thoroughly how the crisis began and to remain firm adding “no matter how hard the defectors try, the party will fight and defeat them as the truth is with us.”
He reminded the leaders that the NPF party came into being not just to fight elections but that it was built by Naga elders with “tears for the Naga cause to bring amicable and acceptable solution to the protracted Naga political problem” and affirmed that “we will not allow money and muscle power to ruin the party” at any cost.
MLAs Yitachu and Vikheho Swu also spoke on the occasion.
The Mokokchung Division delegates were led by its president Moasungba.
