RPP disputes Nagaland CM’s ‘never compromise’ assertion

Dimapur, April 10 (MExN): The Rising People’s Party (RPP) today disputed the reported statement made by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio at the People’s Democratic Alliance coordination meeting on April 8 that the “NDPP-led Government will never compromise the faith and identity of Nagas.”

“This is an utterly false statement,” stated the RPP in a press release while asserting that the “truth is far more sinister.” To buttress its claims, the Party pointed out that in 2010, Rio allegedly “approved the setting up of Rani Gaidinliu Library-cum-Memorial Museum” in Kohima, including site selection, which was later shelved. “Had the Library-cum-Memorial Museum materialised it would have become a centre of Heraka and RSS activities in the State,” the RPP maintained.

The party further alleged that the Chief Minister has not uttered “even a single word against the persecution of Christians.”

Unlike his Mizoram counterpart, he never condemned the burning of 249 churches and the persecution of Kuki-Zo community in Manipur, it added. The RPP also accused Rio of not voicing against Assam Healing Practices Act, which it asserted, would “imperil Christian missions.”

He was on mute button when the Election Commission of India held counting on Sunday after the Tapi Assembly Constituency bye-election whereas Mizoram government protested and the counting date was shifted to Monday, December 4, 2023, it added.
The declaration (revoked later) of the Easter Sunday 2024 as a working day by the Nagaland University, as per the RPP, was also held under its the Chief Minister’s watch.

“His alliance partner declared December 25 as Good Governance Day and he never offered his dissenting opinion,” it added, while Yoga teachers were “attached to all the government schools on paid honorarium,” under his watch, it further claimed.

Besides, the RPP accused the PDA Government of banning dog meat in the State, while also being silent on beef ban and Hindi imposition in schools. The RPP also pointed out while the CM was “proposing a compromise” on the Free Movement Regime (FMR), vociferous opposition by political parties and CSOs alike forced him to pass a resolution in the State Assembly.

It also accused the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party-led government of being “most lackadaisical” when it comes to strict implementation of Inner Line Permit in Dimapur, making the district allegedly a “breeding ground for all sorts of immigrants and fundamentalist organisations.”

“Today Nagaland is threatened from within and outside by hostile forces while the NDPP lives in Gaga-land,” it added.

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