Kohima : Nagaland governor PB Acharya has been given 48 hours to incumbent Chief Minister TR Zeliang to prove his majority after Zeliang refused to resigned despite his party Naga People’s Front (NPF) losing its majority in the assembly polls results.
On Sunday, a delegation team of BJP and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led by Chief Ministerial candidate Neiphiu Rio and senior BJP leader Ram Madhav had met Nagaland governor PB Acharya at the Raj Bhawan in Kohima and staked a claim to form new government and claimed support of 32 newly elected MLAs in the 60-member house.
Acharya asked Rio to submit signatures of all 32 MLAs.
The Nagaland governor has also asked TR Zeliang to prove his majority within 48 hours.
Meanwhile, refute to quit incumbent CM TR Zeliang who is now at Kohima said that, he will meet BJP’s national president Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss about formation of government while two BJP ministers are still in his ministry.
On the other hand, NPF’s president Shurhozelie Liezietsu said that, NPF and BJP have been friends for a long time and both parties can form a strong and stable government as NPF bagged 26 seats and 12 by BJP.
Meanwhile, Nagaland BJP president Visasolie Lhoungu has sent a letter to the Nagaland governor and said that, BJP extends its support to pre-poll alliance partner NDPP in the formation of new government in Nagaland.
In the final result of the Nagaland assembly poll, BJP has won 12 seats, while NDPP won 18, 26 by NPF, 2 by NPP and one each by JD (U) and Independent.
After the results, lone Independent elected candidate Tongpang Ozukum and lone JD (U) elected candidate G Kaito Aye had supported to the BJP-NDPP alliance.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
