Nagaland chief minister T R Zeliang pledges to Clean Election campaign

Nagaland Chief Minister, T.R Zeliang, pledged to the Clean Election campaign initiated by Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC).

Christian-dominated Nagaland is going to polls early next year. Already North eastern state of Mizoram has a unique code of conduct of the church-backed watchdog Mizoram People’s Forum (MPF) to monitor the election process. This system is there in Mizoram for several year now.

The pledge was jointly signed by Nagaland chief minister Zeliang on behalf of the legislators and Nagaland Baptist Church Council general secretary, Dr. Zelhou Keyho, and Nagaland Joint Christian Forum vice-president, Dr. N. Paphino.

The signatories stated, “The legislators, churches and citizens affirm that all of us have an investment in the future of the state of Nagaland and that our shared future must flourish without any obstacles.”

The signatories added that in the spirit of true Christian repentance, “we realize the serious malpractices surrounding the conduct of state election are the major cause of most of the problems that we are facing today.”

The signatories committed to lead and take responsibility of putting in place a fair and honest electoral practice, and pledged to support and abide by the ‘clean election campaign’.