Sever pol ties with State Govt stand : Where does this leave NPF ?
- The Sangai Express Editorial :: June 19 2017 -
It is on record. The 2010 decision to
sever all political ties with the Government
of Manipur still stands.
Not that this will
alter the approach of the BJP led Government
to the issues besieging the hill
districts of Manipur, but it is still interesting
to note that the UNC continues to
stick to its stand even after a lapse of
seven years and a change in the Government.
And it is also interesting to note
that the UNC continues with this stand
despite the fresh approach adopted by
the BJP led Government in reaching out to
the hills.
Elevating the Shirui Lily Festival
to the State level, resolving the
Churachandpur standoff, the Barak Spring
Festival at Senapati all went down well
with the people, but obviously festivals
are not enough to break or dilute the
stand of the UNC taken way back on July
1, 2010.
Any keen reader of the daily
newspaper will remember how the decision
to snap ties with the Government of
Manipur was taken.
It was taken during
those highly polarised days when the then
Congress Government under O Ibobi decided
to ban the entry of NSCN (IM)
general secretary Th Muivah to his native
village Somdal in Ukhrul district.
Not surprisingly
the Naga people revolted and in
the stand off with the police two students
were killed at Mao gate.
That set off a chain reaction and the Naga People’s Convention held in Senapati on July 1 under the UNC took the decision to sever all political ties with the Government of
Manipur and seven years down the line, that decision still stands, if what the UNC has had to say is any indication.
It is however important to keep in mind that in continuing with the decision to sever all political ties with the Government of Manipur, the UNC is also effectively
saying that it has severed political ties with the Naga People’s Front (NPF), which is a major constituent of the BJP led coalition Government.
How well such a stand will go down with the NPF is anybody’s guess but herein lies the interesting part.
A political party which the UNC supported before and during the election and severing all ties with the very Government of which the NPF is a part and herein lies the
flummoxing part. The seriousness of such a decision should be seen from all perspective.
Or is it a case of the UNC continuing with the decision under a tacit understanding with the NPF ?
This is where the BJP and the other constituent partners of the Government need to pull up their socks. Moreover what is the stand of the NPF with regard to the decision of the UNC ?
Does it back the decision to sever all political ties with the Government of which it is a part ?
Only the NPF can answer this, but surely the present situation cannot be comfortable for the party and questions are bound to be raised on where it stands as a political party which is supping with the BJP.
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