DIMAPUR, Aug 11 NNN: Two times a member of Lok Sabha (MP) and two times a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) just in a single year by an individual. This will be possible if C.M Chang from Nagaland is elected in the forth coming by-election to the Noksen assembly constituency in Tuensang district of Nagaland in the next couple of months.
C.M Chang was the member of Lok Sabha but had resigned to constest in the February 23 assembly election of Nagaland. He got elected from Noksen assembly constituency from the Naga Peoples Front (NPF) ticket and was assigned with the Education portfolio. He had however resigned as the MLA in the month of March and retained the Lok Sabha seat and continues as an MP and also as the Education minister of Nagaland till date.
CM Chang had reportedly said that rules allows one could continue as the minister in the state till the by-election is held in six months. On Saturday, the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN), in which the NPF is the main constituent, had announced that CM Chang is the consensus candidate for Noksen by-poll. With this CM Chang is likely to resign again for the second time in a year from the Lok Sabha membership soon.
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