{"id":3282,"date":"2011-04-03T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T19:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=15893"},"modified":"2011-04-03T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T19:20:41","slug":"dr-shurhozelie-on-npf-expansion-says-enpo-demand-weakens-peace-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/04\/03\/dr-shurhozelie-on-npf-expansion-says-enpo-demand-weakens-peace-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Shurhozelie on NPF expansion; says ENPO demand weakens peace process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_product='wpp-252';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=kanglaonline\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dr-Shurhozelie-NEPS-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dr-Shurhozelie-NEPS-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dr Shurhozelie --- (NEPS Photo)\" width=\"239\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15894\" \/><\/a>KOHIMA, Apr 3 (NEPS): President of major ruling Naga People\u2019s Front (NPF), Dr Shurhozelie has rubbished as \u201cwild charges\u201d senior opposition Congress MLA Kongam Konyak\u2019s allegation that there used to be Naga underground factional clashes in Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh wherever NPF party was campaigning there.<\/p>\n<p>It may be mentioned that in the recently concluded Assembly session here, senior opposition Congress MLA from Mon district Kongam Konyak alleged that whenever the NPF party campaigned in Tirap and Changlang district, Naga underground factional clashes took place. The opposition MLA had even told the NPF not to spoil Assam too.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to NEPS here on Sunday, Dr Shurhozelie expressed utter surprise on the senior Congress MLA\u2019s allegation saying that they had never campaigned in Tirap and Changlang. At the same time, the NPF chief further questioned as to how anybody could blame any political parties, just because Naga underground factional clashes broke out there. \u201cIt is ridiculous and wild charge,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Shurhozelie, who is also senior DAN minister, reiterated that the demand of the Eastern Naga People\u2019s Organization (ENPO) for a separate \u201cFrontier Nagaland State\u201d had weakened the \u201congoing peace process.\u201d The Naga people&#8212;be it NSCN (IM) or NSCN (K) and NNC&#8212;they all had been fighting for the sovereignty of the Nagas, whereas some group tried to \u201cdivide\u201d the Nagas, he stated. \u201cSo I said it has weakened the cause of the Nagas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the expansion of NPF to Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, the NPF chief explained the party\u2019s position on taking decision to spread their political activities in the neighboring States particularly those States where Nagas inhabited.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Shurhozelie said there had been demands from friends from outside Nagaland that the activities of their political party should also reach to their respective areas. At the same time, some national political parties too had requested them (NPF) to allow them to become part of party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, we in the party (NPF) have discussed the matter and carefully studied at the party constitution if we want to spread our political activities to other States of the region,\u201d the NPF chief stated.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Shurhozelie further narrated that since other national political parties too had their units in all the States and Union Territories, \u201cwhy not they also think of establishing their NPF Units in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Assam where Nagas live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the same time, the NPF chief disclosed that their party being a registered political party had to take approval from the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the nomenclature of Nagaland People\u2019s Front had to be changed to Naga People\u2019s Front to suit the local political environment of those respective States. \u201cI think there is nothing wrong to change from Nagaland to Naga to embrace all walks of life,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, while they were working to complete the procedure and waiting the approval from the ECI, the announcement of Arunachal Pradesh election came in. So those aspiring candidates who wanted to fight in NPF tickets in Arunachal election waited till the last moment but could not fight as NPF candidates due to the delay of approval from the ECI, the NPF president narrated.<\/p>\n<p>As the last date of filing nomination was fast approaching, these aspiring candidates became restless. And in case they failed, they would have a point. \u201cSo we have told them to take their own decision,\u201d Dr Shurhozelie admitted adding that they felt very \u201cembarrassed\u201d as ECI approval did not come till the last moment.<\/p>\n<p>So some had to fight as \u201cIndependent\u201d, while some as candidates of Arunachal People\u2019s Party, he recalled saying, \u201cOtherwise, these aspiring candidates had even given written commitment that they would fight as NPF candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~4\/k8cp3Jy1sZg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~3\/k8cp3Jy1sZg\/\">http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~3\/k8cp3Jy1sZg\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOHIMA, Apr 3 (NEPS): President of major ruling Naga People\u2019s Front (NPF), Dr Shurhozelie has rubbished as \u201cwild charges\u201d senior opposition Congress MLA Kongam Konyak\u2019s allegation that there used to&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/04\/dr-shurhozelie-on-npf-expansion-says-enpo-demand-weakens-peace-process\/\">Read more <span>&#187;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[330,41],"class_list":["post-3282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-kanglaonline-2","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}