India, Oct. 21 -- Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio has been elected as the president of the Naga People's Front (NPF) on Tuesday as the merger of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and NPF was finalised at a general convention held in the state capital Kohima.

With the convergence of the two political parties into a single regional party being completed, the newly resurgent NPF under CM Rio will now have 34 MLAs in the 60-member state assembly.

Rio's tenure as president of the party will continue till 2030.

MLA Achumbemo Kikon retained his position in the party as the secretary general while NDPP president and veteran politician Chingwang Konyak was given the president emeritus title.

The general convention, attend...