Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Saturday slammed the Naga People’s Front (NPF) government for alleged failure to provide safety and security to life and property of the public and failure to deliver welfare schemes, check corruption, provide roads, power, economic sustenance, etc.
Claiming that NPF had no policy for the people, NPCC president Therie, however, said that one sure policy of the NPF was “onetime payment for votes and thereafter robbing the state exchequer for five years.”
Addressing NPCC’s last leg of the “mass contact for ‘change’ tour” programme at Congress Bhavan, Dimapur, NPCC president K. Therie said also slammed the BJP-led NDA government at the centre, saying “nation is divided between communalism and secularism” and nation’s economy was crumbling while its credibility was diminishing.
“After Modi toured 37 countries in 22 months, foreign investment has dropped down by 75% during 2015 comparing to the previous year. BJP is in descending trend in both politics and economy”, he said, adding that this was the reason why there was no money circulation in the whole nation.
According to NPCC media cell, Therie said that like the BJP party being divided in the nation, the failures of the NPF were compounded with bitter divisions in the state.
On the defection of 8 Congress MLAs, he said that defectors were called traitors by nations and called upon the people to elect God-fearing leaders, who would uphold the party principles and the peoples’ mandate through thick and thin and provide clean governance.
He also urged party workers to always keep open the doors and minds of the party for the people, to earn their support and maintain contact with the masses.
Therie said the Congress party if given opportunity would provide safety and security to the people, deliver welfare schemes, MGNREGA, PDS and ICDS benefits, old-age pensions, cashless health cards to all, roads, uninterrupted power supply, drinking water, job oriented departmental projects, peaceful business, etc. NPCC chief urged the party workers to inform the people of the party’s commitments and programmes spelt out in the Roadmaps.
Affirming that the wish of the people would be the wish of the party, Therie urged the Dimapur ACCs to plan and prepare the district to face the challenges of future growth and to assure the Roadmap commitments in 100% to the people, if voted to power.
In conclusion, the house passed a resolution to stand together and cooperate with the police and administration to protect life and property of the people and also to urge the Administration, Police and Judiciary to deliver justice without delay to stop recurrences.
Addressing the meeting earlier, NPCC working president Ayang Aonok urged the party workers to be strong and look forward to strengthen the party. He also informed that reorganizational exercises would be carried out soon and appreciated the unstinting efforts of the party workers.
NPCC general secretary Dokiu Kecham also addressed the meeting and lauded the party workers for their determination and success in electing candidates time and again.
Others who addressed the meeting include ACCC presidents of Ghaspani-I Vikato Chishi, Ghaspani-II D. Krose, Dimapur III Shekishe Achumi, Dimapur II Asang Jamir and Dimapur I Tukukha Awomi, Ex MLA and PCC member Vihepu Yepthomi and PCC member Nizheto K. Swu, who also said the invocation earlier. The vote of thanks was proposed by DCC, Dimapur president Kughato S. Aye.