Neiphiu Rio, whose party the BJP has partnered with in Nagaland, will take oath today Thursday March 08,2018 as the Chief Minister of the state.
This comes after the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP) won 29 seats in the elections, results for which were announced last week
BJP chief Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will attend the ceremony in state capital Kohima.
The BJP's Y Patton will also take oath as the state's deputy chief minister.
This will be Neiphiu Rio's fourth time as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. Mr Rio was the Chief Minister of Nagaland for three terms between 2003 and 2014, making him the only Nagaland Chief Minister to have served three consecutive terms.
Outgoing chief minister TR Zeliang resigned on Tuesday. Mr Zeliang's party, the Naga People's Front(NPF), had emerged the single largest party in the elections, winning 26 of the 60 assembly seats.
The BJP-NDPP combine that bagged 30 seats has the support of one JD(U) legislator and an Independent.
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