NPF to boycott consultative meeting called by Nagaland govt

Opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) has decided to boycott the Nagaland government convened consultative meeting on Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) scheduled for Thursday in Dimapur, a party leader said Thursday.

Addressing a press conference here Wednesday evening, NPF spokesperson Achumbemo Kikon said the core committee of the party held a meeting at the residential office of their president Dr Shrhozelie Liezietsu to discuss on the state government convened consultative meeting on CAB.

He said the core committee decided to boycott Thursday's consultative meeting called by the state government and has resolved to seriously re-examine the coalition status of NPF with BJP in Manipur following the passage of the Citizenship Bill in Lok Sabha.

The NPF spokesperson also announced that its Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland, K G Kenye will go oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill if laid in the Upper House of the Parliament
Kikon said that NPF observed that "the NDPP-led PDA government has no moral right whatsoever to convene a consultative meeting either with the political parties or civil societies on this particular issue."