Dimapur, January 11 (MExN): Retired bureaucrat, Visasolie Lhoungu has been elected as the new President of the BJP Nagaland state unit. Lhoungu was elected today by an Electoral College comprising of state council members in the presence of the BJP national secretary and MP, Raman Deka, as central observer and the BJP National Secretary of Minority Morcha and in-charge of Nagaland, Farukh Khan.
Lhoungu was elected unopposed following proposal by the outgoing president, Dr. M Chuba Ao, and seconded by Parliamentary Secretary Paiwang Konyak.
Lhoungu, while speaking at the occasion thanked the party leadership both in the centre and state for reposing faith in him. He affirmed to focus on strengthening and mobilizing the party at all levels by upholding the party principles. BJP National Secretary of Minority Morcha and in-charge of Nagaland, Farukh Khan, while speaking to media persons, hoped the party would soar to higher level under the leadership of the new state party president and achieve its ultimate goal of forming a party government in the state.
In another development, the State BJP party also nominated T Khonwang Konyak as member of BJP National Council to represent Nagaland. Meanwhile, the State BJP has convened a meeting on January 12 in its party office at 10:30 a.m. All the outgoing executive members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.
