A day ahead of the arrival of BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda to Dimapur, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) said his scheduled visit at this juncture was significant but added that it could have been better if he came to Nagaland after implementing the BJP’s promises.
NPCC president K Therie in a statement, pointed out that there was no achievement from BJP to thank Nadda for. Therie said it was therefore unfortunate that Nadda was coming to Nagaland at a time when people were given lies, huge debt, deficit and unfulfilled promises.
The NPCC president reminded Nadda that BJP had in 2015, committed to give political solution within 18 months and after signing of the framework agreement, announced “Naga problem has been resolved” on August 3, 2015.
He also said BJP promised “Election for solution” in 2018 and also announced that talks had concluded with all on board on October 31, 2019 and that “talks are over” in February 2021 through governor’s address to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly.
However, Therie said there was nothing to show on the ground.
Therie said it was sad that chief minister Neiphiu Rio and Nagaland BJP were committing an unforgiveable crime against the demography of Nagaland and weakening Christians by promoting and celebrating Hindutva in Nagaland.
He mentioned that the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) would be celebrating 150 years of Christianity in Nagaland on November 2 this year at Impur with Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) where over 95% of the rural population in Nagaland was Christian.
Therie expressed deep pain by recalling persecution of Christians by BJP and its elements carried out through hate speeches that were openly directed against Christians, forced reconversions, desecration of over 395 churches, defacing statues of Jesus, shaming sisters, torturing pastors and missionaries and continuing strangulation of the economy of Christians.
He further pointed that anti-conversion Bills directly targeting Christians and Muslims and misusing the Act to torture innocent minorities continued.
Despite of all these ill-treatments, Therie regretted that many people were running after BJP, believing that it would pump huge money in the election and also remain in power in Centre for years to come.
“This is why we are called weak Christians by Christians around the world,” he said.
Therie emphasised that Nagaland needed a secular government and choice of faith was a freedom of the individual. He said the tragedy was that the voter in a democracy was given one chance to vote in five years.
He claimed that every citizen was witness to the performance of BJP government at the Centre and its alliance government in the State. He therefore, stressed that Nagaland should not miss the bus and vote to bring in a God-fearing secular government.
