Kohima: Three-time chief minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, today resigned from the chair along with his council of ministers.
Mr Rio, who has been the chief minister of Nagaland for more than 11 years, tendered his resignation following his landslide victory in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls.
He submitted his resignation along with that of his Council of Ministers to Governor Ashwani Kumar at Raj Bhavan. His resignation letter read, "I hereby tender the resignation of the Council of Ministers of Nagaland government being headed by me, with immediate effect."
He was accompanied by chief minister-designate TR Zeliang, Naga People's Front (NPF) president and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kuzholuzo Nienu.
The Governor told media-persons that he had accepted Mr Rio's resignation. He, however, requested Mr Rio to continue in office till an alternative arrangement was made.
The newly elected lone Member of Lok Sabha from Nagaland also submitted his resignation from the 60-member state Assembly.
Assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo said, "I have accepted his resignation." While declaring his willingness to contest the parliamentary polls, Mr Rio had said that he wanted to go to New
Delhi to play a bigger and important role for the Naga people and the North East region.
Mr Rio defeated closest Congress rival KV Pusa by 4,00,225 votes in the recent Lok Sabha polls, which is the second highest winning margin after Narendra Modi in the country.
Mr Zeliang had been holding charge of Minister for Planning and Coordination and other few departments under Mr Rio's government.
He is slated to stake claim to form the next Democratic Alliance of Nagaland-III (DAN-III) ministry, sources said.
With the change of leadership, reshuffle in the DAN-III ministry is also inevitable. DAN consists of 52 MLAs in the 60-member state Assembly.
While NPF is the major constituent of DAN with 38 members, pre-poll allies BJP and JD(U) have one MLA each. Four NCP legislators and eight independent MLAs also joined the ruling front in 2013.
Mr Rio, who has been the chief minister of Nagaland for more than 11 years, tendered his resignation following his landslide victory in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls.
He submitted his resignation along with that of his Council of Ministers to Governor Ashwani Kumar at Raj Bhavan. His resignation letter read, "I hereby tender the resignation of the Council of Ministers of Nagaland government being headed by me, with immediate effect."
The Governor told media-persons that he had accepted Mr Rio's resignation. He, however, requested Mr Rio to continue in office till an alternative arrangement was made.
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Assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo said, "I have accepted his resignation." While declaring his willingness to contest the parliamentary polls, Mr Rio had said that he wanted to go to New
Delhi to play a bigger and important role for the Naga people and the North East region.
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Mr Zeliang had been holding charge of Minister for Planning and Coordination and other few departments under Mr Rio's government.
He is slated to stake claim to form the next Democratic Alliance of Nagaland-III (DAN-III) ministry, sources said.
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While NPF is the major constituent of DAN with 38 members, pre-poll allies BJP and JD(U) have one MLA each. Four NCP legislators and eight independent MLAs also joined the ruling front in 2013.
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