The Nagaland Legislative Assembly has notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of Rule 3(4) of the Members of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rules, 2019, the Speaker has been intimated that Dr. Neiphiu Rio, MLA, has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the NPF Legislature Party to the 14th House of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly with effect from 18th October 2025.
In another notification, the NLA has stated that, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4(2) of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India and in consonance with the Members of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rules, 2019, the Speaker has declared the merger of the 31 (thirty-one) Members of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) with the Naga Peoples Front (NPF) formally into the 14th House of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly with effect from 18th October 2025.