Dimapur, April 24 (EMN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Wednesday filed disqualification petition against its seven MLAs for “wilfully defying the party’s collection decision to support the congress party in the last Parliamentary election 2019 to the lone Nagaland parliamentary constituency.”
The NPF Press Bureau announced this through a press release on April 24. The seven rebel NPF MLAs are EE Pangteang, Eshak Konyak, Kejong Chang, BS Nganlang, Toyang Chang, N Thongwang Konyak, and CL John.
“It is crystal clear that by openly going against the party’s decision amounts to voluntarily giving up the membership of the party (NPF),” read the statement.
“The party have empowered the NPF Legislature Wing to file and pursue the disqualification petitions against the erring MLAs. Accordingly, as empowered by the party, the NPF Legislature Wing has filed the disqualification petition in the office of the Hon’ble Speaker Nagaland Legislative Assembly. The party hope that the Hon’ble Speaker will dispose of the matter within time and without fear or favour as per law (sic),” it added.
Meanwhile, Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Temjen Imna Along made a mention of the seven NPF MLAs, who supported the PDA candidate in the recent election, at a press conference on Wednesday.
Along said that the NPF legislators supported the NDPP candidate in the Lok Sabha election because “of the utter failure of the opposition party to convince its own party” besides the failure to put up its own candidate despite being the single largest party.
