PM Modi to attend swearing-in ceremonies of Nagaland, Meghalaya CMs today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the new Chief Ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya today. The swearing in ceremony of the Tripura Chief Minister is likely to be held on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to attend all three ceremonies.

National Democratic Progressive Party’s Neiphiu Rio and National People’s Party’s Conrad Sangma will become the new Chief Ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively.

Besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national President JP Nadda are also likely to be present for the oath-taking ceremonies of both the Chief Ministers.

Neiphiu Rio, Nagaland’s longest-serving chief minister will be taking over the helm for a fifth consecutive term after his thumping victory in the assembly elections.

The ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party-Bharatiya Janata Party retained power in Nagaland, with the two parties winning 37 seats in the 60-member assembly.

Rio won the Northern Angami-II Assembly constituency, trouncing Seyievilie Sachu of the Congress by a massive 15,824 votes.

History was scripted in Nagaland when the state elected its first women legislators in its 60 years of statehood. The two women lawmakers – Hekhani Jakhalu and Salhoutuonuo Kruse of the ruling NDPP defeated the sitting MLAs in Western Angami and Dimapur-III seats respectively.

In Meghalaya, the NPP-led alliance, with the support of 45 MLAs two of the BJP has staked claim to form the government in the state.

Among the allies, the eight cabinet berths will go to the NPP, two to the United Democratic Party (UDP) and one each for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP).

Sangma’s NPP won 26 seats in the Assembly elections and is all set to form the government as the chief minister for a second consecutive term.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Raj Bhawan in Shillong where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present.

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma won from the South Tura constituency with a margin of 5,016 against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Bernard N Marak.

BJP and NPP were partners in the government but fought the assembly elections separately.

United Democratic Party (UDP) bagged 11 seats in the results of assembly polls announced on Thursday. Congress won five seats. Trinamool Congress, which had inducted all Congress MLAs in the previous assembly, also got five seats.

BJP, People’s Democratic Front and Hill State People’s Democratic Party bagged two seats each. Voice of the People Party got four seats. Two seats were won by independent candidates.