Shillong, July 18 -- Meghalaya's ruling National People's Party (NPP) on Saturday expressed concern over the repeated targeting and inducement of its elected representatives by the Naga People's Front (NPF) in Nagaland.
"The latest defection of two NPP Municipal Councillors from Kohima into the NPF follows an earlier instance involving two NPP Municipal Councillors from Dimapur, indicating what appears to be a deliberate pattern rather than isolated political developments," NPP National Working President James Sangma said in a statement.
Sangma, the lone Rajya Sabha member from Meghalaya, said, democratic politics should be guided by ideology, public service and the mandate of the people, and not by efforts to weaken rival parties through...