“Women have more or less 50% votes. They can change the political equations. At the end of all politics, it all boils down to the VOTE. There is nothing more important or powerful than the vote. Only the vote is recognized. All wisdom and narratives have no meaning without a vote,” Therie said.
By Imna Longchar, TFM Nagaland Correspondent
Former Nagaland finance minister, and Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) chief, K Therie, on Sunday said that as per the party’s promise (Congress) that in order to give an opportunity on the Women’s Reservation Bill, it has become a reality now which the party would amend the Bill to implement it although the Bill is linked to “census and delimitation”.
Therie, who recently resigned as the chief of the NPCC paving way for Supongmeren Jamir to take over the mantle of the NPCC president, mentioned that in 2018, the state assembly would witness a change of atleast 20 elected women members in the state assembly, four to five elected members in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). He believed that with the elected women’s participation in the assembly would improve “decency” in governance. It may be mentioned that on the occasion of the “Women’s Rights Day” in Chennai, the former AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, reasserted the implementation of the “Women’s Reservation Bill” with a goal, the country’s goal for which the women must fight together in order to be ‘victorious”, Therie reminded.
He said that it was also in that year where a voice was called to women folks for them to decide and join political parties and learn the Constitutions and functions of political party (s) where the former said that there are two diverse ideological parties, and other regional parties survived by supporting either one of their ideologies.
The former Nagaland finance minister also said that BJP’s idea is “Hindutva” which meant Hindu Rashtra (Hindu Kingdom), and Hindi language and Hinduism, and for them, Uniform Civil Code (UCC) means “One Nation, One Language and One Religion” while not expressing or talking about “uniforms” or “untouchability” including prohibition of women from entering temples.
Highlighting that the ideology of Congress is a secular, socialist democratic republic which it believes in “unity in diversity”, Therie also shared that the Congress believed in freedom of religion and freedom of expression and aimed to provide justice and equality to all sections of people as the Congress is against untouchability and that all citizens are equal.
“Women have more or less 50% votes. They can change the political equations. At the end of all politics, it all boils down to the VOTE. There is nothing more important or powerful than the vote. Only the vote is recognized. All wisdom and narratives have no meaning without a vote,” Therie said.
Meanwhile, the by-election to the 43-Tapi A/C scheduled for November 7 would be experiencing a two cornered fight between the ruling NDPP and the Congress as the Nagaland Congress Pradesh Committee (NPCC) has fielded Wanglem Konyak as its candidate on October 17 last at a ticket handing over programme held at Congress Bhavan, Kohima.
The 43-Tapi A/C seat was lying vacant following the demise of its sitting MLA and advisor, social welfare, Noke Wangnao, this year.
The same was informed to this correspondent by the NPCC president, Supongmeren Jamir, on fielding a candidate for the by-poll due on November 7 under 43-Tapi A/C where he
emphasized that the Congress is a “mass party”, a humble family down to the common people, so, had decided to field Wanglem Konyak, as its candidate.