Phangnon Konyak: Over 59 years since the Statehood, creating history, BJP's S Phangnon Konyak has become the second woman ever from Nagaland to be elected to either House of the Parliament or the State Assembly.
Overview:
- Konyak, 44 years old is the incumbent Mahila Morcha President Nagaland unit, hailing from Mon district.
- She is the second lady parliamentarian from Nagaland, the first being Rano M Shaiza who was elected to the Lok Sabha from the state in 1977.
- Nagaland has not had a single woman MLA since it got statehood in 1963.
- She was elected unopposed to the Upper House earlier this week.
- Phangnon was declared ‘duly elected uncontested’ by Returning Officer, Khruohituonuo Rio, Additional Secretary, Nagaland Legislative Assembly(NLA), after the last hour for withdrawal of candidature on March 24, it said.
- She was later handed over the certificate of election by the Returning Officer.