Kohima: Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily, former Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Balakrishna Wasnik and AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Nagaland Luizinho Faleiro arrived in Nagaland on Tuesday to meet party leaders and intending candidates in connection with the Assembly elections scheduled for February 23.
Moily said 10 years of rule was enough to liberate the people from vicious circle of poverty but lamented that the rate of poverty had risen. He said that the ruling NPF had driven the state into a debt trap state despite the flow of enormous funds and alleged that the NPF had ushered in ‘social and political instability’ in Nagaland.
Stating that the party would be in a better position to serve the people, he said the Congress would release the people from the clutches of the corrupt regime.
The Central Congress leaders also released a book published by the NPCC, ’10 years of NPF Misrule in Nagaland – A Decade of Scandals and Corruptions – An ‘Expose’ by the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee’ during a brief function at Dimapur. Speaking after releasing the book, Faleiro said it had ‘horrible contents’ clearly showing the picture of what has been happening in the state for the last 10 years. He lashed out at the ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF)-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Government for squandering crores of rupees sent from the Centre and creating social instability in the state. (UNI)