NPF Youth Wing Rejoinder on 19th June, 2018
19 June 2018, Kohima :
The Naga People’s Front Central Youth Wing is compelled to bring-forth the attempt to close the common aspiration of the Nagas, the Naga Integration Issue even before the settlement of the Naga issue is brought about between the Government of India (GOI) and the Naga People, the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio sanctimoniously stated before the Media in New Delhi on 12 June 2018 that it was not possible to physically integrate Naga contiguous areas leaving many baffled, shattered and disgraced.
Complete evidences on Video footages made available in the Media are witness by all. Though habituated in shifting blames on others, Rio tried to fool the people and make innocent people the scapegoats. However, Nagas will not forget how Rio obtained fake B.A. Honours Certificate and submitted the same along with his nomination paper while contesting the Lok Sabha Election as NPF Candidate in 2014 and later, made his Personal Secretary and the College authorities receive the blame.
Rio had to retract his highly inflammatory statement on the NSCN (K) just recently, today on the Naga Integration issue; the Chief Minister’s office claimed that Rio was misquoted by the media.
To no surprise, Rio and his cohorts like in the past four years, wasted no time in diverting the subject matter to TR Zeliang’s qualification once again. Diverting the pertinent issues and shifting blames on others has become the professional trademark of Rio.
The Youth Wing seriously views that Rio cannot compromise the Naga Issue as his personal properties simply, as he does not owned the Nagas. One may be Chief Minister of Nagaland but that does not qualify him the right to act like the owner of its people.
One should remember that thousands of Nagas living across Indian state with artificial boundary and Myanmar have sacrificed their lives and everything, during the last several decades fighting for common Naga aspirations to live as one People.
Today, in total disregard to their dreams and aspirations, Rio has made a blunder by making such declaration on Naga Integration Issue without consulting the people. The simple fact is that Neiphiu has no moral right to take such unilateral decision whatsoever on Naga issue, unless, he is personally challenging the Naga people to try bringing him down from his lofty chair of the Chief Ministership.
While his 100-days promise in Nagaland is turning into hogwash, Rio is busy washing the feet of the Central bigwigs at New Delhi and nodding to every dictate term(s) be it Naga Integration Issue or Citizens Amendment Bill, just to remain afloat and avoid drowning himself in his self-made pool of hogwash.
After-all Rio and his NDPP is soon going to face its doomsday when Election Commission of India ( ECI) will stick to its rule book, though the NDPP has pleaded for 8 weeks time-extension to file its response. The Central Youth believes in the sagacity of the ECI to take appropriate action.
The Central Youth Wing fully believes in the two negotiating parties (GoI and Naga leaders) that the issue on Naga integration will be amicably settled. Therefore, the Chief Minister of the day should not take undue advantage merely for his self-vested interest and political gain at the cost of the whole Nagas.
Issued by:
Press & Media Wing
Naga People Front
Central Youth Wing
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This Press Release was posted on June 20 2018
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