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In Nagaland, both the ruling Naga Peoples Front and the opposition part, UPA supported Pranab Mukherjee during the Presidential election in 2012. Mr. Mujherjee held a meeting with Neiphiu Rio and DAN legislators in Dimapur where NPF leaders formally endorsed their support. Mr. Mukherjee won the election on July 19, 2012. When Nagaland Post asked the Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio if the support extended to the presidential candidate was also “issue based” as NPF led DAN was supporting the UPA government at the centre on the same line, the Chief Minister said that his party was supporting the UPA and hence it was the right perspective that the DAN legislators also support UPA’s presidential nominee. NPF's main opposition in the legislative assembly is the Indian National Congress party.
35 MLAs from the 60 member Nagaland Legislative Assembly are from NPF. The opposition, Congress, is represented by 18 MLAs and the rest of the assembly consists of 7 independent MLAs.
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