Politics game!

Guwahati. In Nagaland, all parties, including the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Janata Dal-United (JDU), announced their support to the Neiphiu Rio government, with which the assembly once again became opposition-less. Let us tell you that the NDPP and BJP contested the state elections last month in alliance and won 25 and 12 seats respectively in the 60-member assembly. Neiphiu Rio was sworn in as chief minister for a fifth term on Tuesday, along with seven ministers from the NDPP and five from the BJP. Other political parties including NCP won seven seats; National People’s Party (NPP) five; Lok Janshakti Party (LJP-Ram Vilas), Naga People’s Front (NPF) and Republican Party of India (RPI-Athawale) got two seats each, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) one and Independent got four seats.

This is the first time that Nagaland has seen the victory of so many political parties in the state assembly elections. LJP (RV) and RPI (Athawale) are new to the state politics. The NCP is the largest opposition party with seven seats and has enough numbers to claim the post of Leader of the Opposition. However, during the party’s Northeast in-charge Narendra Verma’s visit to Nagaland this week, the party’s MLAs informed him that they wanted to join the government. Verma announced on Wednesday that party supremo Sharad Pawar has decided to approve his support to the NDPP-BJP government.

NCP also joined the government in Nagaland
Avoiding any mention of the BJP, Verma issued a statement, “The local newly elected MLA and the local unit of the NCP in Nagaland were of the opinion that we should be part of the government headed by N. Going to Rio. Head of NDPP and in the larger interest of the State of Nagaland, the Chief Minister of Nagaland and N. We have good relations with Rio. It was left to Nationalist Congress Party National President Sharad Pawar to be a part of the Nagaland government or not. On Tuesday morning, after listening to the Northeast in-charge, he, in the larger interest of the state of Nagaland, Nagaland Chief Minister N. Decided to accept Rio’s leadership…’

LJP (Ram Vilas), RPI (Athawale) and JD (U) submitted letters of support
The NCP is one of the biggest opponents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra and other parts of the country. But, in Nagaland the party has put its full force behind the NDPP-BJP government. With this, Nagaland is moving towards another oppositionless government. Sources said that LJP (Ram Vilas), RPI (Athawale) and JD (U) have already submitted letters of support to alliance partners. Similarly, NPF general secretary Achumbemo Kikon, who is one of the newly elected legislators, said that although a final decision has not been taken, the party, which has two members, ‘is likely to support the government.’ In the past, in 2015 and In 2021, the state assembly saw a similar situation, but this will be the first time that the assembly will be devoid of opposition even before taking oath in the house.

We can have a government without opposition: Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patten
BJP Legislature Party leader and Deputy Chief Minister Y Patten said on Wednesday that although the new government is “comfortable”, it may consider a government without opposition.