<p class="title">Nagaland Assembly Speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu died on Monday at a hospital in Mumbai, after battling lung cancer for several months, family members said. He was 67.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and undergoing treatment in Mumbai since then. He is survived by wife and 10 children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yhoshu's mortal remains will be flown to Nagaland on Tuesday, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was elected to the state Assembly thrice from Southern Angami-1 constituency in Kohima district. In 2008 and 2013, he won the seat as a candidate of the Naga People's Front (NPF) and served as Advisor and Parliamentary Secretary of various departments, before joining the NDPP ahead of the state elections in 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He won for the third consecutive term from the Southern Angami-1 seat in the 2018 assembly election and was elected as Speaker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio condoled the demise of Yhoshu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"With the demise of Vikho-o Yhoshu, people of Nagaland have lost a tall and prominent leader," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his condolence message, Rio said Yhoshu was a kind-hearted man and a gentle soul.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am deeply saddened by the demise of the Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly... Nagaland has lost a great leader," the chief minister said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Additional Secretary (Home) Nusieta Rhakho said Nagaland will observe a three-day mourning from Monday.</p>
<p class="title">Nagaland Assembly Speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu died on Monday at a hospital in Mumbai, after battling lung cancer for several months, family members said. He was 67.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and undergoing treatment in Mumbai since then. He is survived by wife and 10 children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yhoshu's mortal remains will be flown to Nagaland on Tuesday, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was elected to the state Assembly thrice from Southern Angami-1 constituency in Kohima district. In 2008 and 2013, he won the seat as a candidate of the Naga People's Front (NPF) and served as Advisor and Parliamentary Secretary of various departments, before joining the NDPP ahead of the state elections in 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He won for the third consecutive term from the Southern Angami-1 seat in the 2018 assembly election and was elected as Speaker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio condoled the demise of Yhoshu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"With the demise of Vikho-o Yhoshu, people of Nagaland have lost a tall and prominent leader," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his condolence message, Rio said Yhoshu was a kind-hearted man and a gentle soul.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am deeply saddened by the demise of the Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly... Nagaland has lost a great leader," the chief minister said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Additional Secretary (Home) Nusieta Rhakho said Nagaland will observe a three-day mourning from Monday.</p>