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The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), which rules Nagaland successful confederation with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is acceptable to merge with the determination enactment it had divided from successful 2017.
The merger betwixt the NDPP and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) is expected to instrumentality spot wrong a week.
On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), the NPF formally joined the People’s Democratic Alliance authorities led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
“The 2 parties are merging and we anticipation to state it connected October 21,” NPF legislator Küzholüzo Nienü told The Hindu on Wednesday (October 15, 2025).
The NDPP was formed by NPF rebels, including Mr. Rio, up of the 2017 Nagaland Assembly elections. Although the NPF had emerged arsenic the single-largest party, the NDPP and the BJP went connected to signifier the authorities on with immoderate smaller parties.
Both the NDPP and NPF are scheduled to clasp their conventions successful the State capital, Kohima, connected October 18 and October 21, respectively. The merger is expected to beryllium finalised aft the NPF convention.
The NPF’s introduction into the NDPP-led confederation has near the Nagaland Assembly without immoderate Opposition. The NDPP presently has 32 MLAs successful the 60-member House, followed by the BJP with 12 and the NPF with five. The remaining MLAs, including independents and those from smaller parties, besides enactment the conjugation government.
