Trouble is brewing for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Nagaland, with the party's prospects within the Konyak community turning bleak over the shooting of civilians in Oting village in Mon district on December 5. The party’s local unit is in disarray and local workers allege indifference on part of senior leaders of the party.
".we, as party people, are hurt after hearing our top leader Amit Shah telling a lie in Parliament on December 6. We know it was a lie, we know our people didn’t try to flee, because we were soon at the spot."
In massive protests in Nagland's Mon district today, furious residents have demanded an apology from Home Minister Amit Shah for his "false" and "fabricated" statement in Parliament over the killing of 14 civilians last weekend.
Mon district president of the BJP, Nyawang Konyak, is one among many others who have openly asked why the Union home minister went against the versions of the victims.
Nagaland state BJP president Temjen Imma Along has strongly condemned the killing of civilians during the counter-insurgency operation in the Mon district of Nagaland.