By Express News Service
DIMAPUR: An area chief of the extremist group National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) was picked up by the Assam Rifles on Wednesday evening after he had allegedly requested individuals to not vote in favour of Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along.
Lanuwati Jamir, the NSCN-IM chief within the Ao area, is now within the custody of the police.
Temjen Imna Along, additionally a minister, is contesting from the Alongtaki constituency within the Mokokchung district.
A letter, signed purportedly by Jamir, was circulated within the villages beneath the constituency. It directed individuals to not vote for Along after accusing him of being an lively member of the RSS who’s “trying his best to penetrate our land with Hinduism…”
“…observing his anti-Naga character, all the villages of the Alongtaki constituency are directed not to vote in favour of Mr Temjen Imna Along’s candidature in the coming general election. Failing which, stern action shall be initiated against the defaulters,” the letter warned.
The NSCN-IM stated its central authority didn’t subject any such directive. The outfit stated it could probe the matter.
The BJP is contesting 20 of the state’s 60 seats after hanging a seat-sharing take care of ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party which heads the state’s ruling coalition. The BJP has received the Akuluto seat uncontested after the Congress nominee opted out.
Meanwhile, pre-poll violence was reported from Mokokchung and Wokha districts.
The police on Wednesday retrieved the physique of the nephew of the Janata Dal (United) candidate within the Koridang Assembly seat. The deceased was reported lacking since being kidnapped by the miscreants on Tuesday.
In Wokha, the authorities imposed prohibitory orders beneath Section 144 of the CrPC in two Assembly segments after clashes broke out between the supporters of rival political events on Thursday.
DIMAPUR: An area chief of the extremist group National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) was picked up by the Assam Rifles on Wednesday evening after he had allegedly requested individuals to not vote in favour of Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along.
Lanuwati Jamir, the NSCN-IM chief within the Ao area, is now within the custody of the police.
Temjen Imna Along, additionally a minister, is contesting from the Alongtaki constituency within the Mokokchung district.
A letter, signed purportedly by Jamir, was circulated within the villages beneath the constituency. It directed individuals to not vote for Along after accusing him of being an lively member of the RSS who’s “trying his best to penetrate our land with Hinduism…”
“…observing his anti-Naga character, all the villages of the Alongtaki constituency are directed not to vote in favour of Mr Temjen Imna Along’s candidature in the coming general election. Failing which, stern action shall be initiated against the defaulters,” the letter warned.
The NSCN-IM stated its central authority didn’t subject any such directive. The outfit stated it could probe the matter.
The BJP is contesting 20 of the state’s 60 seats after hanging a seat-sharing take care of ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party which heads the state’s ruling coalition. The BJP has received the Akuluto seat uncontested after the Congress nominee opted out.
Meanwhile, pre-poll violence was reported from Mokokchung and Wokha districts.
The police on Wednesday retrieved the physique of the nephew of the Janata Dal (United) candidate within the Koridang Assembly seat. The deceased was reported lacking since being kidnapped by the miscreants on Tuesday.
In Wokha, the authorities imposed prohibitory orders beneath Section 144 of the CrPC in two Assembly segments after clashes broke out between the supporters of rival political events on Thursday.
