Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, Naga People’s Front (NPF) President, released the party manifesto for the upcoming election and also issued tickets to 15 candidates in the first phase at NPF Central Office in Kohima on Friday.

NPF Secretary General, Achumbemo Kikon, while briefing the outline of the manifesto said that the party is focusing more on electoral reforms and supporting the clean election movement that has been initiated by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC).

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The manifesto prioritised settlement of the Indo-Naga political issue as the top agenda.

The party also emphasised the importance of the contentious Assam-Nagaland border issue, upliftment of youth, women empowerment, development and good governance in the state.

NPF candidates with party leaders during the ticket distribution in Kohima on 3 February 2023.

‘NPF will emerge kingmaker’

MLA and leader of Naga People’s Front Legislature Party (NPFLP), Kuzholuzo Nienu, in his speech, stated that the party will be the kingmaker in the formation of the next government and appealed to the party to fight the election with commitment.

Informing that the first phase announcement was done to accommodate more winnable candidates, he claimed that the party has received numerous applications for the ticket, however, the party is fielding candidates who will deliver the best results.

We must tell the Naga people that NPF is going to fight this election with very big hope, a hope for a better life, a hope for a better living, a hope for peace and prosperity, a hope for a better understanding among all the communities against the backdrop of nepotism, favouritism, multiple taxation, extortion and lawlessness, Nienu stated.

Assuring that no party will get absolute majority in the forthcoming election, he exuded confidence that NPF will be in the 2023 government.