Zeliang ready to prove majority in Nagaland trust vote

July 20, 2017 18:21

T R Zeliang, who was reappointed Chief Minister of Nagaland amid high drama yesterday, is ready to face the floor test tomorrow to prove his majority in the state assembly.

Zeliang will move the Vote of Confidence in the assembly as an MLA of the Naga People's Front, though he has been expelled from the party for six years, a spokesperson of Zeliang's group Tokheho Yeptho said.

"As per the Tenth Schedule amendment of 2006, an elected member of any party can be declared unattached in the assembly even though he is expelled by the party," Yeptho, an MLA, said.

He also expressed confidence that with the support of 36 NPF MLAs, seven Independents, and four BJP MLAs, which takes the number to 47 in the House of 60, Zeliang is sure of commanding a majority.

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