NCP to support Rio for LS polls

KOHIMA, February 24 (NEPS): The Nagaland Unit of NCP and its legislature party members have, today, unanimously resolved to support the candidature of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio as the DAN consensus candidate for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. In a meeting of the Nagaland Unit of NCP and its legislature party members held today, deliberations were carried out on the prevailing political development, following DAN’s unanimous decision to support the candidature of Rio to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections on NPF an ticket as a DAN consensus candidate. In the meeting, both the Nagaland Unit of the NCP and its legislators expressed hope that Rio would be able to effectively play the role of an MP in the Center, besides pushing the ongoing Naga peace process towards an early solution.