NPF tongue lashes Ibobi during Pol conference at Tamenglong
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN

Tamenglong, January 23 2014 : Naga People's Front (NPF), Manipur State held its district level political conference on Wednesday at Indoor Stadium, Tamenglong as part of its campaign for the forth coming Lok Sabha poll.

Addressing the packed Indoor Stadium of Tamenglong, NPF, Manipur State president Soso Lorho attacked Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and said that development funds are only 'poured' in Thoubal and Imphal's Khwairamband bazar and nowhere else.

Soso Lorho said that Ibobi Singh is only interest in his district Thoubal so most of the development funds are concentrated there.

He also said that even in the valley districts, Ibobi Singh has not taken up developmental projects except for few.

Harping on other issues, the NPF leader said the Congress party used to accuse the former of being communal party.

"But it is the Congress party that has been playing the communal card," alleged Soso Lorho, adding, "By holding the placard of secularism the Congress party in reality plays the communal card" .

Lorho then said that NPF is the party that will bridge the gap between the rich and the valley.

"Look, because of the Congress party the gap between the rich and the poor is fast widening" .

Also addressing the gathering, NPF, Manipur State vice president and former MLA from Tamei N Awangbow dwelt on the peoples' soft corner for the national party.

He lamented that the public tend to attract towards the national parties which he termed it as not a positive trend.

Awangbow said, "We will enjoy more freedom in the regional parties than in the national parties" .

Awangbow then said the Government of Manipur has been treating Tamenglong district as a 'human museum' for a long time.

"The state government would often go to Delhi and ask funds citing Tamenglong district's extreme backwardness but when the funds are granted they are used elsewhere," Awangbow alleged.

NPF leaders from the districts of Senapati, Churachandpur, Chandel, Ukhrul and also from Nagaland participated in the political conference.

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