Dimapur, Feb. 12 (EMN): The president of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu has termed the coming elections as a contest between “outside forces and the force of the Naga people.”
A press release from the party on Mon. quoted its leader making said statement during an election rally for NPF candidate Loguseng Semp at Tseminyu town. However, the statement did not identify who the “outside forces” were.
Liezietsu admitted that the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly had witnessed “the greatest crisis in the history of Nagaland government and this crisis had developed due to some corrupt and power-mongering leaders”. Thus the party has decided to field ‘fresh, capable and winnable leaders’, according to him.
The NPF president also said that the party which was formed in 1964 was “not only a political party but it represents the identity of the Naga people.”
He also said that the newly-floated NDPP is yet to be recognized by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the rest political parties to battle the 2018 election were all national parties. No party can get ECI recognition before it has representation in the assembly.
