Rio NDPP's CM candidate
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, January 18 2018:
The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in its Central Executive Board (CEB) meeting held today in Dimapur resolved to project Neiphiu Rio as the party's Chief Ministerial candidate.
"All rank and file of the NDPP wholeheartedly welcomed the decision of the honorable MP (Lok Sabha) and former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to join the NDPP, and that, Neiphiu Rio will be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the NDPP," a resolution of today's NDPP meeting said.
The NDPP assured the people that the party will make "all efforts to facilitate the peace process and work towards early resolution of the Indo-Naga political dialogue in order to realize a solution that is honorable, sustainable and acceptable to the people" .
It can be noted here that Neiphiu Rio resigned from the NPF yesterday and joined the NDPP hours later.