Nagaland, March 7: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio took oath as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the fifth term.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Nagaland Governor La Ganesan, BJP President JP Nadda and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma were also present on the oath-taking ceremony.
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Meanwhile, deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland has also been appointed. Taditui Rangkau Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton took charge as Dy Chief Minister of Nagaland.
Notably, Rio won the Northern Angami-II Assembly constituency, trouncing Seyievilie Sachu of the Congress by a mammoth margin of 15,824 votes. He bagged a total of 17,045 votes, which comes to 92.87 per cent of the total votes polled in the seat.
A history was scripted in Nagaland when the state elected its first women legislators in its 60 years of statehood. The state, which has had 13 Assemblies so far, never had a woman MLA before Thursday's result.
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.
The Northeast state saw a triangular contest as Congress and CPIM, which have been arch rivals for years, stitched a pre-poll alliance to defeat the ruling BJP.
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