Incumbent Neiphiu Rio

Neiphiu Rio, chief of Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP), took oath today as the Chief Minister of Nagaland at its capital Kohima. He became the first Nagaland leader to take oath outside Raj Bhavan. The BJP's Y Patton also took oath as the state's deputy chief minister. Before the Nagaland assembly elections, the NDPP and the BJP had ent...

In Nagaland, both the incumbent chief minister TR Zeliang and the aspirant Neiphiu Rio have staked claim to form the government in alliance with the BJP. But putting all uncertainty to rest, at least for now, BJP strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Kohima on Monday that his party will not have any truck with the incumbent Naga People's Front (NP...

Neiphiu Rio, chief of Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP), took oath today as the Chief Minister of Nagaland at its capital Kohima. He became the first Nagaland leader to take oath outside Raj Bhavan. The BJP's Y Patton also took oath as the state's deputy chief minister. Before the Nagaland assembly elections, the NDPP and the BJP had ent...

In Nagaland, both the incumbent chief minister TR Zeliang and the aspirant Neiphiu Rio have staked claim to form the government in alliance with the BJP. But putting all uncertainty to rest, at least for now, BJP strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Kohima on Monday that his party will not have any truck with the incumbent Naga People's Front (NP...