Nagaland NPF resolves not to jeopardise party unity

Kohima: Following the March 27 order of the Election Commission (EC) to the divided Naga Peoples Front (NPF) parties to resolve the issue based on their party constitution, the dissident NPF group led by Noke Wangnao and G Kaito Aye has unanimously resolved not to take any action that will ‘jeopardize the process of unity and reconciliation within the party.’
In an official release on Sunday, the Noke-Kaito led dissident NPF group maintained they had made it clear on several occasions that “they are all for party unity and amicable reconciliation of the party in the greater interest of the party and the people of Nagaland.”
“We have made appeals, issued statements and extended the olive branch to all sections of the party, which has been taken note of and acknowledged by the ECI,’ the release maintained adding, “Our stand continues to remain the same and we want to make it clear to all sections of Naga society that we are open for reconciliation and party unity for the greater interest of all sections.”On the matter of general convention as suggested by the EC, the NPF under Noke and Kaito espoused full confidence that they have the support of the party organization from the grass roots to the top leadership.
“We have the overwhelming support of the majority of divisions, assembly constituencies, working committee, Central Executive Council and grass root workers of the party at all levels,” the release claimed.
Also taking reference to the para 7 EC findings, the release said the EC had acknowledged the overwhelming majority of the Noke group.
It maintained that firstly, the ECI did not recognize the suspension order served by Dr Shurhozelie on 9 MLAs and secondly, it acknowledged that the Noke group has 20 MLAs and Shurhozelie and T R Zeliang’s camp have only 16 MLAs.
‘This means those MLAs who signed in favour of both sides are not counted and described as vacillating, which means they are inconsistent, unpredictable and wavering and hence the majority,’ the release contended.(UNI)