Nagaland creates history, elects 2 female candidates for the 1st time
<p>Something new happened in the Northeast election, Nagaland created history by electing women for the very first time as candidates for the newly elected government.If talking about the women who have been elected, Salhoutuonuo Kruse is a local hotel owner, contested against Keneizhakho Nakhro, an Independent. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio had campaigned for Kruse. Jakhalu is a Delhi University graduate and a faculty there.Must Read: Swigato, starring Kapil Sharma to be released on 17th marchJakhalu Kense is a US-educated lawyer turned social entrepreneur and founder of YouthNet. She also got the Nari Shakti Puraskar award from the President of India at Rastrapati Bhavan on International Women’s Day. Speaking about the Dimapur III seat, Jakhalu in her manifesto has shared a vision for Youth Development, women empowerment, minority rights, and model constituency.Since Nagaland got its statehood, it was yet to get a woman MLA in the </p>
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Something new happened in the Northeast election, Nagaland created history by electing women for the very first time as candidates for the newly elected government.
If talking about the women who have been elected, Salhoutuonuo Kruse is a local hotel owner, contested against Keneizhakho Nakhro, an Independent. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio had campaigned for Kruse. Jakhalu is a Delhi University graduate and a faculty there.
Jakhalu Kense is a US-educated lawyer turned social entrepreneur and founder of YouthNet. She also got the Nari Shakti Puraskar award from the President of India at Rastrapati Bhavan on International Women’s Day. Speaking about the Dimapur III seat, Jakhalu in her manifesto has shared a vision for Youth Development, women empowerment, minority rights, and model constituency.
Since Nagaland got its statehood, it was yet to get a woman MLA in the 60-member assembly. Not that women have not contested for election but they have never been voted to power. This year, the four women candidates who contested elections are Jakhalu, Kruse, Rosy Thomson of the Congress and Kahuli Sema of the BJP.
The ruling NDPP-BJP alliance won five seats and was leading in 34 seats in the Nagaland assembly election, the Election Commission of India said.
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