Nagaland were given its first-ever lady MLA today, after 60 years because it attained statehood. Hekani Jakhalu, from BJP`s best friend NDPP, has gained from Dimapur-III seat. The 48-year-vintage lawyer-activist turned into amongst 4 ladies of the overall 183 applicants who contested the Nagaland meeting elections. Ms Jakhalu defeated Lok Janshakti Party’s Azheto Zhimomi. Another lady candidate Salhoutuonuo Kruse, additionally from the NDPP, is main in Western Angami seat.
The ruling NDPP-BJP alliance is about to keep electricity in Nagaland, wherein counting is underway, because it gained 3 seats and is main in extra than 35 seats. The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, led via way of means of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, has been in an alliance with the BJP because the remaining elections in 2018. The alliance had gained 30 seats withinside the preceding elections even as NPF gained 26.
The BJP on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led authorities’s time table of peace and improvement withinside the northeast because the birthday birthday celebration led in a majority of seats in Tripura even as its alliance authorities seemed set to keep electricity in Nagaland.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated humans withinside the vicinity have visible for the primary time how intently and clearly the Centre has labored to deliver peace and improvement to the vicinity, be it huge tasks like constructing highways or presenting them with primary facilities like consuming water, loose ration and electricity.
