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'First ever Indian PM whose words don't mean anything,' Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at Narendra Modi over Naga Accord

The Nagaland Peace Accord was signed in August, 2015 by Modi and National Socialist Council of Nagaland to end the insurgency in the region.

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Naga accord signed by the latter in 2015, saying the agreement was yet nowhere to be seen.

"August 2015, Mr Modi claims to create history by signing the NAGA accord. Feb 2018, Naga Accord is still nowhere to be found. Modi ji is the first ever Indian PM whose words don't mean anything #CantFindTheAccord," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter.

 

 

The Nagaland Peace Accord was signed in August, 2015 by Modi and National Socialist Council of Nagaland to end the insurgency in the region.

Rahul Gandhi's comment came a day after BJP confirmed that it would contest elections with with the National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio.

"We tried to have an alliance with Naga People's Front (NPF) but we could not reach an agreement on seat sharing. So, we have formally entered into an alliance with NDPP. We are very hopeful that our alliance of newly floated Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and BJP will form the next Nagaland government with an absolute majority," Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday.

Rijiju also said Neiphiu Rio-led NDPP would contest on 40 seats and the BJP on 20. He also clarified that despite forging an alliance with the NDPP, the BJP was not severing its ties with NPF, which has been its ally for last 15 years.

He also said the BJP and the NDPP would not come in the way of the implementation of Naga peace accord.

Eleven parties including the ruling Naga People's Front in January had decided not to contest the February 27 polls, agreeing to the demand of tribal bodies and civil society groups to resolve the Naga issue first.

Three states in northeast India is to go for polls with Tripura on 18 February, followed by Nagaland and Meghalaya on 27 February. The vote counting for all three states will take place on March 3.

(With PTI inputs)

 

 

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