RPP asks Amit Shah to retract statement made in Parl

December 14, 2021 55 Views No Comment

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN):

Demands probe by sitting judge of SC/HC; suspension of DC & SP
Rising People’s Party (RPP) has condemned the “despicable” statement of Union home minister Amit Shah on the Oting massacre in Parliament and demanded that Shah retract his “fabricated statement” that was made to confuse the outside world and protect the 21 Para SF.

In a statement, RPP said that Shah’s statement was like rubbing salt to the wounds and worsened the situation in the State leading to protests, including burning of his effigies in different parts of the State.

Pointing out that it has been a week since Shah made the statement but none of the three parties of the ruling UDA were yet to condemn it, RPP demanded that NDDP, BJP and NPF should condemn the Central minister’s statement in totality.

The party also wanted to know whether the UDA was with the Naga people or Shah. “Fundamental to the issue is countering the narrative of the home minister. Suffice to say the UDA coalition should demonstrate beyond doubt that it’s above party politics.

The party also demanded that all legislators, during the one-day Assembly session on December 20, should condemn the Oting massacre by troops of 21 Para special forces and adopt a resolution terming that the killings were nothing but cold-blooded murder.

RPP emphasised that this should be done so that justice was swiftly served to the victims of the Oting massacre, alleging targeted killings by army personnel for promotion and medals had been documented in Kashmir and elsewhere and could have happened in this case too.

Asserting that the Mon killings required a thorough probe by a sitting judge of high court/Supreme Court, RPP also demanded that NLA should adopt a resolution demanding constitution of a Supreme Court-led independent probe.

In the interest of justice, the State government should pursue this issue at the highest level, it added.

RPP also questioned the role of deputy commissioner Mon and superintendent of police, pointing out that there was a gap of almost five hours between the first firing and second firing incidents by troops of 21 para SF.

Alleging that the district administration went missing during this crucial period, RPP demanded that both the DC and the SP should be suspended immediately till the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submitted its report.

Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/rpp-asks-amit-shah-to-retract-statement-made-in-parl/246580.html