Show me the accord, Rahul taunts Modi

Congress had kick-started campaign in poll bound N-E

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Naga peace accord signed by the latter in 2015, saying the agreement was yet nowhere to be seen.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress chief said: “August 2015, Mr Modi claims to create history by signing the NAGA accord. Feb 2018, Naga Accord is still nowhere to be found. Modiji is the first ever Indian PM whose words don’t mean anything #CantFindTheAccord. (sic)”

Nagaland goes to the polls on February 27. Two other states in the Northeast — Meghalaya and Tripura — will also go to the polls this month.

The Naga peace accord was signed in August 2015 by Prime Minister Modi and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) to end the insurgency in the state. The Congress Party had then too sought details on the contours of the agreement.

The Congress has already kick-started its campaign in the Northeast. The party president was in Shillong on a two-day visit, where he met Congress workers and state leaders. The party is going all out to retain power in Meghalaya. Gandhi also attended a musical night in Shillong where bands from the state were playing.

While uncertainty continues over the issue of Opposition unity to take on the BJP in next year’s Lok Sabha polls, the Congress is positioning itself as the main alternative. Congress spokesman Randeep Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi is the “only alternative to Narendra Modi”, and emphasised that “unity of the Opposition” would bring forth a “wave of change”.