Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)’s Neiphiu Rio and National People’s Party (NPP)’s Conrad Sangma are set to be sworn in as Chief Ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively today. Manik Saha will take oath as the Chief Minister of the BJP-led coalition government in Tripura on Thursday, a day after Holi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to attend all three ceremonies this week.
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Meghalaya Governor Phagu Chauhan swears in 12-member council of ministers including NPP’s Prestone Tynsong and BJP’s Alexander Laloo Hek.
Shillong | Abu Taher Mondal, Kyrmen Shylla, Marcuise N Marak and Rakkam A Sangma take oath as ministers in the new NPP-led Meghalaya government. pic.twitter.com/w7EaFcEhdz
– ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2023
Prestone Tynsong and Sniawbhalang Dhar take oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Meghalaya, in Shillong. pic.twitter.com/gHRdeqzqlw
– ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2023
National People’s Party chief Conrad Sangma takes oath as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second consecutive term.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday began his two-day visit to the Northeast, where he will attend the swearing-in ceremonies in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland, and also hold a closed-door meeting with the Assam cabinet.
The PM arrived at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati, where he was received by Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and senior cabinet ministers and officials. From there, he left for Shillong aboard a helicopter.
#WATCH | Shillong: Meghalaya CM-designate Conrad Sangma attends a prayer meeting with all cabinet ministers before they all leave for Raj Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Government. pic.twitter.com/kRCvRNwfLV
– ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and his cabinet colleagues on Tuesday, officials said.
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Neiphiu Rio will be leading an all-party government with no opposition in Nagaland even as the Centre continues talks with former rebels of the NSCN(IM) to finalise a long-awaited peace accord in the border state. The NDPP-BJP coalition, in the recently concluded Nagaland polls, won 37 seats in the 60-member Assembly.
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