The Congress has joined hands with Naga People's Front (NPF) to put up a joint fight against the ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) in the May 28 bypoll to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland.
The bypoll was necessitated after Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio, who is now the chief minister, resigned as a Lok Sabha member on February 16.
The PDA, which has the NDPP and the BJP as it major constituents, has fielded former minister Tokheho Yepthomi from the seat.
The Congress, on the other hand, vowed to back NPF candidate C Apok Jamir.
Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) President K Therie, during a programme at Pfutsero in Phek district yesterday, said his party has full faith in Jamir.
"As our primary concern is to save Nagaland from communal forces, we agreed in principle to support Apok Jamir in this 2018 Lok Sabha by-election. We hope he will live up to the expectations of the party and uphold the principles of secularism and liberal democracy," Therie, who shared a dais with a host of NPF leaders, said.
Terming the BJP-NDPP alliance as "unholy marriage, Therie also said that "fanaticism is at its peak" in India and and "cows are placed above humans."
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