NDPP will not merge with BJP, says Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio

KOHIMA: Nagaland Chief Minister and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio on Friday categorically said that his party would not merge with the BJP.

Talking to the media here, he said that the BJP is the NDPP's electoral ally since 2017 but there is no question of his party merging with it.

Neiphiu Rio was reacting to Nagaland Congress President K Therie's assertion that the NDPP is mulling over merging with the BJP after the 2023 Assembly polls.

"I or any other leader of NDPP never said anything like that (merger of NDPP with BJP). Congress has cooked up the baseless story. They have no moral position to raise any question about our integrity," the Chief Minister said. (IANS)

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