Nagaland: Neiphiu Rio elected NDPP legislature party leader

National Democratic Progressive Party's (NDPP) legislature party on Friday unanimously elected Neiphiu Rio as its leader at a meeting in Kohima.

The newly elected legislators of the party also authorized Rio to form the new government.

A party leader said Rio's name as the chief minister of the state would be formally announced after a joint meeting between NDPP and BJP in New Delhi.