Shurhozelie Liezietsu

Nagaland Election: BJP confident its Hindutva thrust will not impact party's prospects in Christian-majority state

Can a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader be a good Naga Christian at the same time? Or are the two identities contradictory to each other?

'Had we gone it alone, we'd have won 20 seats': Nagaland BJP state president talks seat-sharing, dissent and defections

From the Opposition to the church to civil society groups, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Nagaland faces many challenges before the 27 February Assembly election.

Nagaland polls: NPF's KG Kenye on ruling party's split with BJP, infighting and shifting political dynamics of state

NPF's secretary general KG Kenye speaks about his party's stand ahead of Assembly election, the Naga Peace Accord, and its severed alliance with BJP.

Nagaland Assembly polls: No candidates file papers for election on third day of filing of nomination

The Chief Electoral Officer of Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha, said no candidate had filed nominations for the election so far. The last date of filing of nominations is 7 February

Nagaland Assembly polls on 27 Feb: As NPF tries to retain political dominance, talks with rebel groups take centre stage

An overview of the Assembly elections in the NorthEastern state of Nagaland, which are scheduled to be held in February 2018

Nagaland CM TR Zeliang sacks four senior ministers; vacancies to be filled by Shurhozelie Liezietsu's loyalists, say sources

Nagaland chief minister TR Zeliang sacked four of his senior cabinet ministers following the reconciliation within the two factions of the ruling NPF.

Nagaland chief minister TR Zeliang hopeful of state political issue solution before Assembly polls

Nagaland chief minister TR Zeliang on Tuesday said the state government is hopeful that the vexed Naga political issue would be resolved before the Assembly election due next year, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is serious about it.

Nagaland chief minister TR Zeliang, NPF to reconcile after months-long internal crisis in party

In a twist to the ongoing bickering within the ruling NPF, Nagaland CM TR Zeliang and NPF president Shurhozelie Liezietsu today reportedly signed a document to reconcile and re-unite.

Election Commission tells rival NPF factions to resolve poll symbol dispute through convention

The Election Commission has directed the two rival factions of the ruling Naga Peoples' Front to settle their dispute over the party's election symbol 'cock' through a general convention within two months.

Nagaland political crisis: Peace process to conclude within one or two months, says PB Acharya

Nagaland governor PB Acharya has expressed hope that the vexed Naga issue would be solved within the next one or two months.