Imtilemba Sangtam (25 December 1945 – 13 February 2020) was an Indian politician and member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. Sangtam was a member of the

Nagaland Legislative Assembly Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 Februa ...

from the Longkhim Chare constituency in Tuensang district.Then He joined

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party in ...

and now he is state president of NCP Nagaland.Three NCP MLAs join BJP in Nagaland
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Personal Background

Imtilemba Sangtam was born on 25 December 1945. He is survived by his wife,son and two grand children. He was a post graduate from Cotton College,Guwahati and contested Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections three times from 52 Longkhim Chare constituency in Tuensang district. He had served as minister of Transport,Labour and Employment,Evaluation and Statistics from 2003-2008 and minister of Cooperation,Relief and Rehabilitation from 2013-2018. He died on 14 February 2020 at Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research after prolonged illness. He hailed from Chimonger village under Tuensang District.

References

1945 births 2020 deaths Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Nagaland Chief Ministers of Nagaland Nagaland MLAs 2013–2018 Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Nagaland People from Tuensang district 21st-century Indian politicians {{Nagaland-BJP-politician-stub