Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president and Lok Sabha MP S. Supongmeren Jamir has urged party workers to strengthen grassroots organisation and begin preparations for upcoming elections.
Addressing Phek District Congress leaders and frontal chiefs at Phek town on November 9, Jamir said Assembly Constituency Congress Committees (ACCCs), in coordination with District Congress Committees (DCCs), should identify capable and loyal candidates through consensus. He said the ACCCs would have the primary role in proposing candidates, while the NPCC would remain open to consultations.
He also directed the Phek DCC to recommend names for the vacant NPCC vice-president post and a DISHA member position. With new members expected to join the party, he called for consensus and impartiality in the admission process.
Jamir urged party workers to maintain unity and take organisational issues to the designated NPCC leaders for resolution. On the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, he credited the Congress and INDIA bloc protests with making progress but said the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar remained the party’s ultimate goal.
NPCC working president Khriedi Theunuo also called for unity and urged party members to demonstrate a united front before visiting AICC observers. He said SIR could become a major campaign issue in the upcoming general election and stressed the need to train Booth Level Agents (BLAs) on their roles and powers.
NPCC general secretary Akuonuo Miachieo informed the meeting that physical enrolment forms would be used in place of digital enrolment due to technical issues. She asked party workers who had not collected the forms to obtain them from the NPCC office in Kohima.
Phek DCC president Khosapa Venuh chaired the meeting. ACCC presidents from the district and PCC member Vaprumu Demo also spoke.