Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Ri♌o takes oath as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the fifth term on Tuesday in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
During the oath-taking ceremony, Meghalaya Governor Phagu Chauhan swore in a 12ജ-member council of ministers including NPP’s Prestone Tynsong and BJP’s Alexander L🙈aloo Hek.
The NDPP-BJP coalition in Nagaland won 37 seats in the 60-member Assembly in the recent Assembly polls that were held on February 27. All🍌 other parties in the state subsequently handed their letters of support to the Rio-led alliance making way for an Opposition-less government in the northeastern stateཧ.