Kohima, Feb 19 MNS: Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen has resigned from the Council of Ministers following his arrest for the recovery of cash and weapons in his vehicle on Monday.
He also wrote a letter to Chief Minister last night and he said, “Assam rifles Flying Squad has intercepted my motorcade while coming from Kohima, consequent upon which they have seized money amounting to Rs 1.10 crore, which was received from NPF Central Office for NPF party election purposes. Besides, they have also recovered some arms and ammunition which I was totally unaware of. Under the give circumstances, I felt imperative to tender my resignation from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect, owning moral responsibility while holding public office, even though I have committed no wrong over the incident under the law.’
NNN adds the NSCN-K has asked the government as to why its cadres arrested with arms have been booked under National Security Act (NSA) and why the same yardstick had not been applied on ‘detained’ Nagaland home minister Imkong I Imchen.
Imkong I Imchen was detained after Rs 1 crore 10 lakhs along with a cache of arms and ammunitions was found from his vehicle.
“The government should reply to the queries of NSCN-K before the polling day, less NSA should be made irrelevant from Nagaland state and henceforth, any NSCN-K cadre arrested with arms should not be booked under NSA,” the NSCN-K said today.
Meanwhile, the NSCN-K said imposing of Indian election law is flatly rejected by the outfit because NSCN-K is not a party to the electioneering process. “NSCN-K had declared publicly that the outfit rejects the Indian election law upon its cadres but how come N. George who is the chairman ceasefire Supervisory Board (CFSB) has been banning the movements of even the red card holders with arms?,” it questions and further asks, “And what about the several candidates moving with several number of illegal arms?”
“In Nagaland home minister Imchen’s case, how come he could use such number of illegal arms while he is not even a party to the ceasefire agreement? Under what law Imkong have been released?,” the NSCN-K asked.
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