You have respected Nagas to be a major partner: Nagaland CM to BJP

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio welcomed the BJP's decision to contest 20 seats while leaving the remaining 40 seats for his party, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), in the upcoming state Assembly polls. "You (BJP) have respected the Nagas to be a major partner. You have respected Naga history, culture, tradition and as a Christian state," Rio said.