The stage is set for the swearing-in ceremony of new Chief Ministers in Nagaland and Meghalaya. NDPP leader Neiphiu Rio and NPP leader Konrad Sangma will take oath as chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively on Tuesday.
Oath taking ceremony in Tripura on Thursday
BJP’s Manik Saha will also take oath as the chief minister of the saffron party-led coalition government in Tripura on Thursday, a day after Holi.
PM Modi and Amit Shah will participate in the programs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to attend all the three functions this week.
Rio is leading an all-party government in his state without any opposition, even as the central government continues talks with former NSCN (IM) rebels to finalize a long-awaited peace deal in the border state.
The NDPP-BJP alliance won 37 seats in the 60-member assembly in the recently concluded Nagaland elections.
All other parties in the state later gave their letter of support to the alliance led by Rio.
Both the NDPP and the BJP had projected 72-year-old Rio as their chief ministerial candidate since the start of the election campaign.
In Meghalaya, the NPP-led coalition with the support of 45 MLAs, including two from the BJP, has staked claim to form the government.
NPP chief Konrad K Sangma, whose party won 26 seats in the elections held on February 27, will take oath as chief minister on Tuesday along with other cabinet ministers.
On Monday, 58 newly elected legislators were sworn in as members of the assembly and were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Speaker Pro Tem Timothy D’Shira.
Sangma, who is going to take oath as Chief Minister for the second consecutive term, was also present at the function.
The election of the Speaker of the newly constituted Assembly will be held on March 9 during a special session of the House.
In Tripura, the BJP said its leader Manik Saha would continue as chief minister.
Saha was named as the chief minister at the BJP Legislature Party meeting in Agartala on Monday.
In the recently held elections, the BJP won 32 seats in the 60-member assembly, while its ally, the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), won one seat.
Speaking to reporters outside the Raj Bhavan, BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharya said, “Today, Manik Saha, who was unanimously elected leader of the legislature party, met the governor and staked claim to form the government.” Our ally IPFT has also forwarded its letter. Help.”
The BJP and its allies retained power in Tripura and Nagaland, while in Meghalaya, the National People’s Party (NPP) emerged as the single largest party, with the saffron party later giving support to the regional outfit led by Konrad Sangma.
(with PTI inputs)