Nagaland chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Monday lamented that due to the prolonged Naga political problem many developmental activities have been retarded.
Dr. Liezietsu was however optimistic that very soon the Naga issue will arrive at an acceptable settlement which will lead to progress and development of our state.
Dr. Liezietsu said this while interacting with the visiting team of 20 IPS probationers and two faculty members from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad as part of Bharat Dharshan who called on him at his office chambers at Civil Secretariat, CMO media cell stated.
Even though Nagaland attained statehood 50 years back, he said that the state was unable to progress in many ways. However, Naga issue is a genuine national problem, for which the Prime Minister is doing his best to bring a solution, he said. “We are talking to the outfits in a hard and truthful way in order to move towards a solution”, the chief minister said.
On Tourism sector, the chief minister said that the state government, taking note of the huge potential in tourism, was doing its best to improve the infrastructures.
The chief minister told the probationers that he takes pride in the uniformed personnel who are capable of tackling any problem today.
“You’ll reach the top rung in your service one day, you have a huge responsibility for our Country,” he exhorted the probationers.
“All our neighbors are not good and although we need to advocate non-violence just as the Father of our Nation had advocated, we cannot remain unprepared,” he said. He also cited the example of advanced Japanese people who had denounced war after their defeat in the World War II and concentrated on economic development.
Dr. Liezietsu also encouraged the visiting IPS officers that India, being a vast conflict country, the Army, Navy and the police were the backbone of the country and hoped that they would do justice to their uniform.
The chief minster also responded to several queries braised by the officers.
The delegation consisted of Bhutan and Maldivian Police trainee officers.