Manipur Elections 2017: Kiren Rijiju says Sonia Gandhi asked North-East CMs to oppose Naga accord

Why are BJP leaders at pains to explain that the Naga accord will not lead to territorial realignment of Manipur?
Why should we mix up issues. The problems of Manipur are different and the state is reeling under tremendous pressure because of various forces that are obstacles in the path of development. Manipur has the potential but the root cause of the problems in the state is the Congress party. Whether it is the Naga issue or local issues, Congress has created them. We have to start afresh.
 
How do express the anxiety in Manipur’s civil society on the Nagalim issue?
The Congress party has launched a malicious campaign saying the BJP is going to alter the boundary with Manipur. The talks with the Nagas have been taking place from a long time. There are other stakeholders also and it cannot be linked with the Manipur state elections. They are creating a false alarm to divert the attention of Manipuri people from the lack of development.
 
Then what is the truth of the Naga Accord? North East Chief Ministers met the President and said that they were not taken into confidence?
On the day of signing of the framework agreement, all the Congress chief ministers congratulated us. After three days, Sonia Gandhi called up the chief ministers asking them as to why they were congratulating the BJP government. She asked them to oppose it. This is on official record. Congress chief ministers had tweeted congratulating us. Suddenly after three days, things changed after the Congress President's call.
 
Are you saying that Sonia Gandhi churned a political turmoil?
It is absolutely visible. I’m not saying it. It is on record. You see the statements and tweets. After three days they took a U-turn. It was childish.
 
New districts were created by CM Ibobi Singh before the elections and blockade happened. But the feeling is also that the Centre didn’t do enough to ameliorate the situation?
This is totally unbecoming on part of the Congress Chief Minister. When he signed the letter in 2011, we were not part of it. P Chidambaram was the home minister then. He came to Manipur and the Chief Minister Ibobi Singh said that new districts wouldn’t be formed till all communities were on board. Then he created the district. He created the problem. Why did he give this commitment earlier? He is responsible for the present situation.
 
How do you propose to address this issue?
This is an administrative matter. We will look at it after formation of the government.