Source: The Sangai Express
Kohima, November 12:
The Congress today castigated the ruling DAN alliance in Nagaland accusing it of failing to maintain law and order, reports NNN.
The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) in a statement issued by its president Hokheto Sumi alleged the State is now facing complete breakdown ever since DAN came to power.
�The DAN policy of equi-closeness is bringing the underground groups too close to each other and as a result, they cannot stop the factional clashes which are taking place in thickly populated areas.
The frequent factional clashes is causing so much untold miseries and suffering to the innocent people while the DAN Government is terming it to be a political problem and not law and order problem,� the party said.
The NPCC claimed factional clashes come under the law and order situation, as far as when the lives of the innocent are put at stake.
The responsibility of the State Government is to ensure that, the law and order situation is under their control and the welfare of the people is safeguarded, the party said.
It added the Government cannot simply term factional clashes as �political problem� and shift its responsibility to the Central Government.
�The immaturity of Rio is highlighted when DAN Government could not handle the law and order situation, he makes comparison with other neighboring States that, the situation in those States are worse than our State.
It is interesting to note that, the DAN Government is tackling the law and order situation by sending rice and money to the people in the affected areas.
But it is yet to be ascertained, how far rice and money can play a positive role in helping the people and defuse the situation in those affected areas�.
The Congress said the public�s expression of anger to Home Minister Thenucho during his recent visit to Zunheboto town after three-day factional clashes and seizure of arms of the Minister�s security personnel were signs of their protest against the State Government�s inability to provide security to the people during the factional clashes.
The NPCC further demanded from Rio to substantiate his reported allegations that �the two NSCN factions and Congress are hatching a plot against the DAN Government� and take proper action against the alleged parties.