Today, Neiphiu Rio, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Leader was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. The Governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya administered the oath of office to Rio and 11 other Ministers.
The newly elected Chief Minister and his council of ministers took the oath in public view at the Kohima local ground. This venue holds significance as on the 1st of December 1963, the then President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan announced about Nagaland’s statehood.
Usually, such ceremonies were held in the presence of high profile politicians. However this time, common people were invited to the swearing in ceremony via newspaper advertisements issued by the State Department of Information and Public Relations (SDIPR.) The Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Amit Shah were also present at the swearing in ceremony.
