Nagaland created history by electing two women candidates- Salhoutuonuo Kruse and Hekani Jakhalu on March 2, Thursday.
This is for the first time that Nagaland has elected any woman MLA since its creation in 1963. Both candidates are from the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). Kruse won from the Western Angami AC and Jakhalu grabbed a seat at the Dimapur-III constituencies.
Not that the 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.