In Photos: NDPP Leader Neiphiu Rio Takes Oath As Nagaland CM for 5th Time
During the same ceremony, TR Zeliang and Y Patton took oath as the deputy chief ministers of the state.
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Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio takes oath as Nagaland Chief Minister, at a ceremony in Kohima, on Tuesday, 7 March.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with newly sworn-in Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
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Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan administers oath to Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio as Nagaland Chief Minister on Tuesday, 7 March.
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Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan with newly sworn-in Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
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Rio sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the 5th time.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Nagaland CM-designate Neiphiu Rio and BJP National President JP Nadda, during the swearing-in ceremony of Rio.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan and newly sworn-in Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
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Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Salhoutuonuo Kruse takes oath as a Nagaland Cabinet Minister
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The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the fifth time on Tuesday, 7 March.
Nagaland Governor La Ganesan administered oath to the 72-year-old politician.
Other members of Rio cabinet, including state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Temjen Imna Along, and Salhoutuonuo Kruse, one of the two women elected to Nagaland assembly for the first time, were also sworn in as members of the council of ministers.
The NDPP-BJP ally got a comfortable victory in Nagaland, winning 37 seats in the 60-member assembly. The NDPP has won 25 seats whereas the BJP won 12.
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