Neiphiu Rio will be Nagaland CM again: Himanta Biswa Sarma
The Hindu
The State has been speculating about the possibility of a change at the helm
DIMAPUR (NAGALAND)
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on February 20 laid all speculations to rest by declaring that Neiphiu Rio will continue to be his Nagaland counterpart if the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) are voted back to power.
The NDPP and BJP repeated the 40:20 seat-sharing deal they had struck ahead of the 2018 Assembly election. Nagaland has a total of 60 seats.
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“The strong friendship between the two parties helped us provide the people of Nagaland a stable government for five years. Carrying the friendship forward, we had an agreement that Neiphiu Rio ji will be the Chief Minister again if the BJP and NDPP retain power,” Mr. Sarma said at an election rally in Nagaland’s Wokha district.
He was campaigning for BJP candidate Mmhonlumo Kikon, who is seeking re-election from the Bhandari Assembly constituency.
There have been murmurs that the BJP-NDPP combine may opt for a new Chief Minister if it retains power. A State BJP leader admitted such speculations but said his party has no claimant for the top post.
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