KOHIMA: The opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) came down heavily on the state government and said that continuous lockdown has severly affected the poor for their two square meals a day.
NPF through their press bureau ask the ruling government what programmes and initiatives had the state government taken so far in addressing those issues.
NPF stated that the prices of essential commodities were skyrocketing, but the government authority so far had remained silent to meet the basic rights of the people.
The NPF stated “no government could let its people go hungry”.
NPF has reiterated the demand raised by its legislature wing that the government set up an inquiry into the government’s financial management during the pandemic.
NPF reaffirmed its demand of publishing a detailed White Paper on all the funds received and expenditures incurred from 2020-21 to 2021-22 along with all relevant methodology of grants, processes of procurement, disbursement criteria.
The opposition party asserted that it was “high time” the PDA should spill the beans and genuinely work for the welfare of the people.