2 file papers for Nagaland Lok Sabha seat

KOHIMA: Two candidates filed their papers for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland on Monday - the last date for filing of nominations.

The election to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland and the byelection to the Aonglenden assembly constituency will be held on April 11.

Two candidates - Hayithung Tungoe of National People's Party (NPP) and Dr M M Thromwa Konyak of Indian Christian Secular Party (ICSP) - submitted their documents for the Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, officials said.

The ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) consensus candidate and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) party nominee Tokheho Yepthomi and Congress's K L Chishi had submitted their documents on March 22.

Chishi is also a former chief minister of the state.

Four candidates - Yepthomi, Chishi, Tungoe and Konyak - have filed their nomination papers for the Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, the officials said.

Five candidates have filed their nomination for the bypoll to the Aonglenden Assembly seat.