DIMAPUR, AUG 25 (mexn): Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has directed both Members of Parliament from Nagaland to support the Women Reservation Bill but with the added concession of including more seats in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Rio said this at the NPF party meeting held at his Dimapur residence today. On the delimitation issue, the Chief Minister said that the Government’s stand was that the exercise should come only after political settlement comes.
While exhorting NPF party leaders under Dimapur Division, Rio told them that the NPF-led coalition was in power because of the ‘sacrifice and joint effort of party workers right from the central office to the grass roots level.’ It may be mentioned that the ruling DAN coalition formed the present Government with 19 NPF MLAs, 7 BJP MLAs, 5 NDM MLAs, 4 JDU MLAs, and 4 Independent MLAs. The Congress had secured 21 seats in the last assembly elections
