Nagalnd Guv Ashwani Kumar denies statement critical of Centre

KOHIMA: Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar today said he has not made any statement which was critical of the Centre's purported move to replace the Governors appointed during the UPA rule.

"The Governor of Nagaland has not made any such statement anywhere, to any person or representative of media," Joint Director of Department of Information and Public Relations and PRO to Governor, Dominic Yazokie here said in a statement.

Terming news in this regard as "concocted and absolutely false", it said, "It may be an attempt of vested interests to malign and sully reputations and create conflict between democratic structures of government."

He requested all media organisations to immediately stop publicity of such mischievous and controversial statements attributed to the Governor of Nagaland.

Yazokie also requested all media organisations to "verify such information with the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Nagaland before publication".

The news published today quoted Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar of being critical of the Centre's purported move to replace the Governors appointed during the UPA rule wondering if the NDA government wanted those of a "particular colour" in the states.