Now, Congress backs rival in Nagaland

  • | Thursday | 24th May, 2018

"Our concern is to save Nagaland from communal forces," K Therie, Nagaland Congress president, said on Monday, while addressing an NPF rally at Pfustero in Phek . NPF has fielded C Apok Jamir , son of Odisha ex-governor and ex-Nagaland CM S C Jamir, in the seat vacated by Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party chief Neiphiu Rio when he became CM. Therie said, "Secular-minded political parties must come together to defeat the imposition of Hinduism on our god-given land." KOHIMA: Living up to the adage that there are 'no permanent enemies or friends in politics', Congress has now decided to back its one-time rival Naga People's Front (NPF) in the May 28 bypoll to Nagaland's lone Lok Sabha seat to resist BJP 's 'Hindutva-based' politics.

KOHIMA: Living up to the adage that there are 'no permanent enemies or friends in politics', Congress has now decided to back its one-time rival Naga People's Front (NPF) in the May 28 bypoll to Nagaland's lone Lok Sabha seat to resist BJP 's 'Hindutva-based' politics. NPF has fielded C Apok Jamir , son of Odisha ex-governor and ex-Nagaland CM S C Jamir, in the seat vacated by Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party chief Neiphiu Rio when he became CM."Our concern is to save Nagaland from communal forces," K Therie, Nagaland Congress president, said on Monday, while addressing an NPF rally at Pfustero in Phek . Therie said, "Secular-minded political parties must come together to defeat the imposition of Hinduism on our god-given land."

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