Gadkari to visit Mon and Tuensang today

Photo:  General Secretary (Org) BJP Prasant Arora with state BJP leaders.

BJP Nagaland state unit has invited all to attend the “public hearing and consultative meeting” during the visit of BJP president Nitin Gadkari to Mon and Tuensang Friday who was scheduled to “listen” to their grievances in Eastern Nagaland. 

In a statement, BJP High Power Committee (HPC) on Eastern Nagaland convenor M. Chuba Ao and co-convenor K. Medom Angami along with five members said that based on a consultative meeting held with Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) on December 5 had also declared the acknowledgement of the “unique background and separate entity” of the Eastern Naga people.

The declaration stated that BJP state unit and ENPO would join hands together for further progress of the Eastern Naga People’s movement while reaffirming that the Eastern Nagaland people should be accorded “constitutional status” that they deserved. 

The BJP HPC also has lauded the ENPO for its active support to the “statehood demand” and lamented that the UPA government at the centre, instead of settling the issue had offered a “financial package” which had been rejected by the people.

The HPC statement informed that ENPO had submitted a memorandum to state Lok Sabha MP C.M. Chang as he hailed from the eastern region but the MP failed to raise the issue in parliament. 

This response showed that Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislators and MPs were following the “dictate” of state chief minister Neiphiu Rio, said BJP HPC. It has also alleged that NPF was against the wishes of Eastern Naga people which hampered the growth and development of the region.