Kohima:Nagaland Congress president and MLA S I Jamir said the ‘financial health of the state has gone into deep coma for the past year while mis-governance and misuse of public funds continue unabated.’
In a statement, Mr Jamir pointed out the ‘mis-governance’ of the Naga Peoples Front-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland government in the past 12 years ‘without any signs of improvement.’
He said delay in payment of salaries to state government employees has ‘become the norm’ with some employees struggling without pay for five to six months. This, he noted, has been ‘put to blame’ on the 13th Finance Commission by Chief Minister T R Zeliang and his party leaders ‘forgetting that they are solely responsible for emptying the state treasury.’
Even after the then CM Neiphiu Rio ‘decided to escape the mess created,’ ‘it was expected that the new incumbent CM will instill fresh ideas and approach but has miserably failed.
‘While the NPF Government remains clueless to steer the state out of the present crisis, it was also equally pitiable to see the state ministers making innumerable trips to Delhi pleading for additional funds with the BJP Government at the Center,’ said the NPCC president.
He pointed to the ‘irony’ with which the NPF has paid ‘scant regards’ for the state BJP which is ‘conveniently forgotten when in Delhi.’ The state BJP, he observed, has now ‘woken up after a decade of deep slumber to throw its tantrums while still clinging on as desperate coalition partner of DAN Government despite repeated humiliations by the NPF.’
The NPCC president then pointed out the manifestation of the ‘communal agenda’ of the BJP in the recent months ‘since Narendra Modi took over as BJP Prime Minister.’
‘The Congress had always maintained the religious minorities and oppressed castes have no place in the BJP-RSS idea of nationhood and the actions of the BJP Government in recent months substantiate the stand taken by the Congress party,’ stated Mr Jamir. (UNI)
