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Guwahati, July 12 : Nagaland governor P. B. Acharya who had asked Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly on or before July 15, has postponed the floor test in view of the presidential election to be held on July 17 next. 
 
An official of Nagaland Raj Bhawan said that, the floor test is postponed till further notice by the governor order.
 
Earlier on Tuesday, the governor asked CM Liezietsu to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly by July 15 following former Chief Minister TR Zeliang wrote to the governor and staking claim to form a new government as claiming he has the support of 41 legislators including 34 NPF MLAs (including him) and 7 Independent MLAs.
 
Zeliang said in his letter sent to the governor that, at a meeting of the legislature party of Naga People's Front (NPF) held on July 4 at his residence at Dimapur, 34 NPF MLAs (including him) out of 47, supportedhim to continue as the leader of the legislature party of the NPF and also authorized him to stake claim before the governor to form a new NPF led DAN government in Nagaland.
 
'The MLAs also urged the present Chief Minister, who is a non-MLA, to resign and pave way for me to take over as the Chief Minister,' Zeliang said in the letter.
 
Zeliang also claimed that, apart from 34 MLAs, 7 independent MLAs also supported him.
 
Zeliang requested the Nagaland governor to invite him to form a new NPF led DAN government in Nagaland. 
 
On the other hand, Acharya also issued a notice to Zeliang to submit a writ petition to assembly speaker Imtiwapang Aier with at least 10 opposition legislators to move the no confidence motion in the house of no opposition government.  
 
Meanwhile, at least 34 legislators are still camping at a resort in Assam's Kaziranga National Park. 
 
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)