KOHIMA: Former CM and Lok Sabha MP
Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday jumped ship from the ruling Naga People's Front to National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).
NDPP secretary general Abu Metha confirmed to TOI that Rio had joined the party in Dimapur. Party president Chingwang Konyak said he, along with working president Alemtemshi Jamir and others, had urged him to lead it in the upcoming assembly poll.