Kohima Bureau
Kohima, Feb. 6 (EMN): Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and former chief minister, Neiphiu Rio has officially made a comeback to the state politics on Feb. 6 after filing his nomination papers at Chiephobozou ADC headquarter to contest in the forthcoming state assembly election.
The three-time chief minister, who is also presently the chief ministerial candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), will be contesting from his home constituency 11 Northern Angami-II.
Rio had served as chief minister under the NPF-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) for three consecutive terms since 2003. But 11 years after heading the state, he abdicated the seat in 2014 and contested in the Lok Sabha elections the same year and has been the lone Naga representative in the Upper House since then. Amid crisis after crisis within the NPF and allegations against him for having a hand in the crises, Rio had officially resigned from the NPF party in January last, and subsequently joined the new name in the state politics: the NDPP.
Keditsu resigns
Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu has resigned from the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, thereby vacating his 11 Northern Angami-II seat. A government notification on Tue. informed that the NLA speaker has accepted the resignation and declared his seat vacant.
