Mon, February 20 (MTNews): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday during an election rally in Mon assured the people of Nagaland that the BJP-led central government wants a quick solution to the decades-old Naga peace talks.
The BJP leader while addressing the issues of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO), which has been demanding a separate state, said that the issues raised are legitimate and that the new government that will be formed under CM Rio will resolve these problems.
“Whatever is needed, like extra budgetary allocations, more power to council, equal development, the NDPP-BJP government will work on it,” the BJP leader added. He further told the eastern Nagaland people that “solutions to your problems are not far.”
The Home Minister also exuded confidence that the NDPP-BJP coalition will form the government in Nagaland after polls and said, “We will solve all problems of the state.”
It is said that Shah’s visit is the first by any Union Home Minister to Mon district which also shares a boundary with Myanmar.
Reiterating the BJP’s commitment towards the Naga peace talks, Shah said, “Our aim is to make peace talks successful and solve Naga political problems quickly.”
“I want you to believe that Narendra Modi and the Union Home Minister are aware of your emotions, and with all respect for you, we will proceed with the talks,” he said.
Amit Shah says Congress will not be visible even through binoculars after Lok Sabha polls 2024
Taking a dig at the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, Shah during an election rally in Mon alleged that the tendency of the Congress leaders to indulge in mud-slinging against Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increased since Rahul Gandhi became its leader.
“The kind of language the Congress spokesperson has used (for PM) and the sort of reaction it has drawn from people from across the country… you will see that the Congress will not be visible even through telescopes after the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. People will respond through the ballot box,” Shah was quoted by PTI.
According to BJP leaders, Shah made this statement in relation to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, who recently referred to the prime minister as “Narendra Gautamdas Modi” while criticizing the government over the Adani row.
The Union Home Minister also pointed out that it was the BJP which sent the first woman representative from Nagaland to the Rajya Sabha with the incumbent member, Phangnon Konyak, acting as the translator of Shah’s speech in Hindi to Nagamese at the rally.
Shah will reportedly spend the night in Mon and participate in another rally in Tuensang district on Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet representatives of ENPO and other organizations during his stay there.
CM Rio welcomes BJP’s decision to make NDPP ‘major partner’
Addressing the rally, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio welcomed the BJP’s decision to make his National Democratic People’s Party (NDPP) the ‘major partner’ in the pre-alliance with the BJP in terms of seat sharing for the February 27 assembly election.
Exuding confidence that the alliance will win 45-50 seats, Rio said, “You have respected the Nagas to be a major partner. The BJP, though capable, had humbled to contest 20 seats.”
Rio also said the state government will partner with the Central government in its decision regarding the issues and demands of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO), which has been demanding a separate ‘Frontier Nagaland’ state.
