The Naga People's Front is a regional political party in Nagaland and Manipur, India. It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland since 2003. Dr. Shürhozelie is the president of the party. The main leader of the NPF, Neiphiu Rio, is the state's Chief Minister. On March 22, 2004 the NPF absorbed the Nagaland Democratic Party.
Although the Naga People's Front has local arrangements with the NDA it does not support either the NDA or the UPA in the central government where it has 1 MP in the Lok Sabha.
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