Nagaland Dy CM Patton loses RB dept as Chang becomes minister
Kohima Apr 23 PTI Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday took away the Roads and Bridges Department from Deputy CM Y Patton and reassigned it to NDPP MLA H Chuba ChangRio and Chang were ministers in the then SC Jamir-led Congress government from 1998 to 2003Chang got elected uncontested in the by-election to the Noksen assembly seat in Tuensang district in April last yearRio had appointed Chang as Advisor for Law and Justice and State Council of Education Research and Training SCERT on February 9A notification issued by Chief Secretary J Alam said Chang has been relieved as an advisor and assigned the Roads and Bridges Department which was held by PattonPatton a BJP MLA is now left with only one department — HomeMeanwhile Rio has reassigned SCERT to MLA KT Sukhalu who is the advisor for School EducationThe development which is raising speculation about the relation between the NDPP and BJP comes months ahead of the state elections due early next yearHowever neither of the two parties commented on the reshuffle PTI NBS SOM SOM
Kohima Apr 23 PTI Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday took away the Roads and Bridges Department from Deputy CM Y Patton and reassigned it to NDPP MLA H Chuba ChangRio and Chang were ministers in the then SC Jamir-led Congress government from 1998 to 2003Chang got elected uncontested in the by-election to the Noksen assembly seat in Tuensang district in April last yearRio had appointed Chang as Advisor for Law and Justice and State Council of Education Research and Training SCERT on February 9A notification issued by Chief Secretary J Alam said Chang has been relieved as an advisor and assigned the Roads and Bridges Department which was held by PattonPatton a BJP MLA is now left with only one department — HomeMeanwhile Rio has reassigned SCERT to MLA KT Sukhalu who is the advisor for School EducationThe development which is raising speculation about the relation between the NDPP and BJP comes months ahead of the state elections due early next yearHowever neither of the two parties commented on the reshuffle PTI NBS SOM SOM
