W. Wangyuh Konyak (born 20 October 1963) was a member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

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. He represented the

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

constituency and is a member of the

Nagaland Peoples Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NPF ...

(NPF) political party.

Political Life

Member of Parliament

Konyak won the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 with a margin of over 400,000 votes against his closest opponent, K. Asungba Sangtam who represented the Indian National Congress in the previous term. He fought the election on an NPF ticket. In 2006, he urged the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of the Indian government to ban the screening of the movie The Da Vinci Code in India. He also asked the then Chief Minister of Nagaland,

Neiphiu Rio Neiphiu Guolhoulie Rio (born 11 November 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th Chief Minister of Nagaland. Rio has also served as Chief Minister for three separate terms (2002–07, 2007–12, 2012–14 and 2018–till date), making h ...

to convene a special session of the state assembly to ban the movie in Nagaland or issue an official notification in this regard. In 2008, while a Lok Sabha MP from Nagaland, Konyak was expelled from his party, Nagaland People's Front, for six years as he defied party directives and voted for the nuclear deal tabled in Parliament by the

United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in India. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party ...

. The NPF was in political alliance with the BJP then at the state government.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1963 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 People from Mon district Lok Sabha members from Nagaland Nagaland politicians Naga People's Front politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Nagaland {{Nagaland-INC-politician-stub