Indian National Congress and INDIA consensus candidate for the Nagaland Lok Sabha Constituency, S Supongmeren Jamir has made a plea to leaders in Nagaland to create a free and fair environment so that voters can have a “free say” in this very crucial election.

In a statement addressed to “Legislators, Ex-Parliamentarians, Ex-Candidates and Village Council Leaders and Elders of Nagaland”, Jamir highlighted that the verdict in the 2024 General Elections “will have far reaching consequences, even upto the extend of affecting the inclusive spirit of the Constitution which have so far managed to delicately hold together the idea of India.”

“Be assured that this apprehension does not come from a place of baseless rhetoric or wilful dishonesty, but stems from our shared experiences of the past ten years which have been at the very best a painful era of unprecedented socio-economic distress and injustices, with damning assaults on the rights of the religious minority communities having become the order of the day,” the Congress candidate stated.

In this light, Jamir made an “ardent plea” to all leaders “to create a free and fair voting environment and offer the opportunity to each voter in the state to have a free say in choosing the trajectory of their destinies at this crucial juncture of their lives.”