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Nagaland government’s days numbered?

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The days of the Neiphiu Rio government in Nagaland may be numbered. The Union Cabinet, which met here on Tuesday evening, was understood to have reviewed the State’s political situation where, according to the opposition, the Rio ministry had been reduced to a minority.

It was learnt from privileged sources that the Cabinet had more or less decided to recommend the dismissal of the Rio government and imposition of President’s rule in Nagaland where Assembly polls were due to be held this year.

No official word

However, there was no official word on the Cabinet meeting.

Sources said the Cabinet, at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, considered factors that plagued the coalition government during the past month.

Last month, as many as 30 legislators met President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to press for the dismissal of the government in Nagaland as it had lost majority on the floor of the Assembly.

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