Spokesperson of NPF Kohima Yitachu maintained that as per the Indian constitution and parliamentary practices, the Governor was bound and obligated to follow the advice of the cabinet and there was no reason why that should not be.
He was referring to the Cabinet resolution on January 15 in requesting the Governor to summon a special session of the house for a motion of confidence in the chief minister on January 20.
Talking to Nagaland Post Monday, Yitachu said as the Governor being the guardian of the Indian constitution, there could not be different yardstick applied for Nagaland. He said Nagaland being the 16th state of the Indian Union was governed by the same constitution and it should be followed in letter and in spirit, though NPF existed only in the north east.
Yitachu said it was not NPF or DAN issue but who should be chief minister and therefore, legislators “confined in Sovima camp” should be freed and allowed to discharge their constitutional responsibilities.
He said if chief minister T.R.Zeliang won the confidence vote then he will remain but would resign if he lost the vote on the floor of the house.
Yitachu also said that the decision of the Central Executive Council (CEC) of the NPF was supreme and any decisions made was final and those party units, divisions or constituency committees floating a parallel body was “unconstitutional and illegal”.
It was also learnt that efforts of the Noke-led NPF who approached the Election Commission of India in claiming to be the real NPF was rejected as majority of CEC remained with the NPF led by Shürhozelie.
Thursday, February 19, 2026