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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Naga People's Front
| abbreviation = NPF
| party_flag = Flag of the Naga People's Front.png
| party_logo =
| colorcode = {{party color|Naga People's Front}}
| leader = [[Kuzholuzo Nienu]]
| president = Apong Pongener
| founder = [[Neiphiu Rio]]
| foundation = 2002
| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Conservative Christianity]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kohima/npf-appeals-to-church-against-saffron-surge-in-nagaland/articleshow/59686408.cms | title=NPF appeals to Church against saffron surge in Nagaland | newspaper=The Times of India | date=20 July 2017 }}</ref>
<br />[[Minority rights]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifp.co.in/nagaland/withdraw-uniform-civil-code-to-protect-nation-naga-peoples-front-leader-kuzholuzo-nienu|title=Withdraw Uniform Civil Code to protect nation: Naga People's Front leader Kuzholuzo Nienu|quote=NPF leader Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu said that a bill like UCC, "which disregards the sentiments, beliefs and values of the minority communities of the country, should not live to see the light of the day".|access-date=22 December 2022|archive-date=1 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201094216/https://www.ifp.co.in/nagaland/withdraw-uniform-civil-code-to-protect-nation-naga-peoples-front-leader-kuzholuzo-nienu|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Naga nationalism]]}}
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| eci = [[List of political parties in India#State|State Party]]<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|___location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
| alliance =
[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (2003-present) (National Level) and [[North-East Democratic Alliance|NEDA]] (2017-Present)
| headquarters = [[Kohima]], [[Nagaland]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|Naga People's Front}}}}
| state_seats_name = [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
Seats in Nagaland [[Urban Local Bodies]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|Naga People's Front}}}}
{{ Composition bar|13|278|hex={{party color|Naga People's Front}}}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|5|60|hex={{party color|Naga People's Front}}}}
| website = [http://www.nagapeoplesfront.org NagaPeoplesFront.org]
| colours =Dark blue and Red
| symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cock.png|150x150px]]
|rajyasabha_seats={{Composition bar|0|245|hex={{party color|Naga People's Front}}}}}}
The '''Naga People's Front''' ('''NPF''') is a [[regional political party]] in the Indian states of [[Nagaland]], [[Manipur]] and [[Arunachal|Arunachal Pradesh]]. It headed the Nagaland government with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], as part of the [[Democratic Alliance of Nagaland]] from 2003 to 2018. NPF is a coalition partner of the [[First N. Biren Singh ministry|N. Biren Singh ministry]]-led [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] government in [[Manipur]]. The party ideology includes [[Conservative Christianity]], thus encouraging it.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kohima/npf-appeals-to-church-against-saffron-surge-in-nagaland/articleshow/59686408.cms | title=NPF appeals to Church against saffron surge in Nagaland | newspaper=The Times of India | date=20 July 2017 }}</ref> It demands and supports greater autonomy for Naga areas and Naga cultural nationalism.
Apong Pongener is the current president of the party. [[Awangbow Newmai]] is president of the party in Manipur, while [[Losii Dikho]] is the Legislature Party Leader of NPF in the [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]. [[Neiphiu Rio]], the Lok Sabha member from the [[Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)|lone constituency of Nagaland]], was the leader of the party until 16 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/statedetail.aspx?state_code=Nagaland|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha Nagaland|work=[[Lok Sabha]]|access-date=2 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819232303/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/statedetail.aspx?state_code=Nagaland|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[T. R. Zeliang]] became the party leader till 29 April 2022. The current party leader is [[Kuzholuzo Nienu]].
On 22 March 2004, the NPF absorbed the [[Nagaland Democratic Party]].
== History ==
Prior to October 2002, the party was known as '''Nagaland People's Council''' (NPC).<ref name="NPF Reference1">{{cite journal |journal=International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention |last1=Dr Tapan |first1=Das |title=Regionalism and Political Party in North-East India: A Case Study of Naga People's Front |date=21 August 2019 |volume=8 |issue=9 |pages=6 |url=http://www.ijhssi.org/papers/vol8(9)/Series-1/A0809010106.pdf |access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref> The name of the party was changed to Naga People's Front (NPF) in the Ninth General Convention held at Kohima in October 2002. This historic decision found wide acceptance among the people of the state, as a popular wish of the state was to modify the leadership of the state and make it more inclusive.
In Nagaland, both the ruling Naga People's Front and the opposition party, the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]], supported [[Pranab Mukherjee]] during the 2012 presidential election. Mukherjee held a meeting with Neiphiu Rio and DAN legislators in [[Dimapur]] where NPF leaders formally endorsed their support.
Mukherjee won the election on 19 July 2012. When the ''Nagaland Post'' asked the Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio whether the support extended to the presidential candidate was also "issue based" as the NPF-led DAN was supporting the UPA government at the centre on the same line, the Chief Minister said that his party was supporting the UPA and hence it was the right perspective that the DAN legislators also support UPA’s presidential nominee. NPF's main opposition in the legislative assembly is the [[Indian National Congress]] party.
Although the Naga People's Front has local arrangements with the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] it previously had not support either the NDA or the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] in the [[Government of India|central government]]<ref>[http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20080711093241&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=472& Northeast MPs divided over n-deal – Newindpress.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> where it has one MP in the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx|title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha Party-wise All Members|work=[[Lok Sabha]]|access-date=2 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018225726/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2015}}</ref>
For the 2014 General Election, the North-East Regional Political Front (NERPF), a consortium of 10 regional parties, including the Naga People's Front announced their support for the NDA.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/northeast-front-backs-nda/article6014410.ece | title=Northeast front backs NDA | date=16 May 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=25 August 2018 }}</ref>
Currently, the NPF is a part of [[North-East Regional Political Front]] consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)]].
On 11 May 2015, all of the assembly's Congress MLAs joined the NPF.<ref>{{cite web |last=Times News Network |date=11 May 2015 |title=Nagaland Congress MLAs to explain move to join NPF |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/naga-congress-mlas-to-explain-move-to-join-npf/articleshow/47225607.cms |access-date=2021-03-14 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
Forty-six MLAs from the 60 member [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]] are from the NPF. The opposition, Congress, is represented by 18 MLAs and the rest of the assembly consists of seven independent MLAs.
In May 2016, after the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] formed its first government in [[Assam]], a new alliance called the [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] (NEDA) was formed with [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] as its convener. The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of [[Sikkim]], [[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and [[Nagaland]] too belong to this alliance. Thus, the Naga People's Front joined the BJP-led NEDA. On 18 May 2019 NPF pulled out of NDA Government in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html|title=Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance|date=25 May 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> After [[2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]], NPF rejoined NDA Government in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2022 |title=Except NPF no other parties to be included in Govt, says Manipur CM |url=https://nagalandpost.com/index.php/except-npf-no-other-parties-to-be-included-in-govt-says-manipur-cm/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Nagaland Post]] |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 21 October 2023, Apong Pongener was elected as President of Naga People's Front.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 2023 |title=Apong Pongener replaces Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu as NPF president |url=https://morungexpress.com/apong-pongener-replaces-dr-shurhozelie-liezietsu-as-npf-president |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=[[The Morung Express]] |pages=1}}</ref>
In June 2024 the NPF reaffirmed its support for the BJP government in [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite news |last=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=7 June 2024 |title=NPF reaffirms support to BJP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/imphal/npf-reaffirms-support-to-bjp/articleshow/110780074.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
==Aims and objectives==
The aims and objectives of the Naga Peoples Front are:
# To work and assist in any possible manner on any approach for a peaceful solution of the Indo-Naga political issue, keeping alive at the same time the fire of relentless endeavour to stand against any force to further divide the [[Naga people|Nagas]] and thereby move towards a renaissance of Naga brotherhood by making constant appeal to Naga conscience.
# To strive to bring about electoral reforms suited to our way of life aimed at a national resurgence in the society towards whom the Party is duty bound and thereby to liberate the Naga society from the deadly clutches of degeneration.
# To work for unity and integrity of the people by integrating all contiguous Naga inhabited areas under one administrative roof and also to provide protection to all the ethnic groups who are indigenous inhabitants of the State.
# To restore the good name and clean image which the Nagas enjoyed in the past by taking the fight against all forms of corruption at all levels of Government.
# To restore to the people the self-discipline and the spirit of self-reliance which the Nagas had in abundance in the past but which have been seriously eroded in the recent past.
# To work for economic advancement of the people with special emphasis on rural development with a view to removing economic disparity in the society.
# To strive for a clean and efficient administration.
# To strictly abide by the Rule of Law in the dispensation of Justice.
==List of chief ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No
! Name
!'''Portrait'''
! colspan="2" | Term of office<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iprngl.nic.in/general-info.htm|title=General Information, Nagaland|publisher=Information & Public Relations department, Nagaland government|access-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508135755/http://iprngl.nic.in/general-info.htm|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Days in office
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 1
| [[Neiphiu Rio]]
|[[File:NeiphiuRio.jpg|50x50px]]
| 6 March 2003
| 3 January 2008
| {{ayd|2003|3|6|2008|1|6}}
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| (1)
| Neiphiu Rio
|[[File:Nagaland Chief Minister, Shri. Neiphiu Rio , at the National Development Council 52nd meeting , Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg|50x50px]]
| 12 March 2008
| 24 May 2014
| {{ayd|2008|3|12|2014|5|24}} <br />
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 2
| [[T. R. Zeliang]]
|[[File:T.R. Zeliang.png|50x50px]]
| 24 May 2014
| 22 February 2017
| {{ayd|2014|5|24|2017|2|22}}
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 3
| [[Shürhozelie Liezietsu]]
|[[File:Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Shurhozelie Liezietsu, the Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri V. Narayanasamy and the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Smt. Vasundhara Raje Scindia.jpg|50x50px]]
| 22 February 2017
| 19 July 2017
| {{ayd|2017|2|22|2017|7|19}}
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| (2)
| [[T. R. Zeliang]]
|[[File:T. R. Zeliang.jpg|50x50px]]
| 19 July 2017
| 8 March 2018
| {{ayd|2017|7|19|2018|3|8}}
|}
==See also==
*[[Vatsu Meru]]
*[[Rokonicha]]
*[[Y. Hewoto Awomi]]
* [[List of political parties in India]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/mis-Political_Parties/Constitution_of_Political_Parties%5CConstitution_of_Nagaland%20Peoples%20Front.pdf Constitution of the Nagaland People's Front]
{{Indian political parties}}
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[[Category:Political parties in Nagaland]]
[[Category:Recognised state political parties in India]]
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[[Category:2002 establishments in Nagaland]]
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