Kariko Kri, who was elected as an independent MLA from the Tezu Assembly constituency, became the second representative to be disqualified, following BJP’s Dasanglu Pul on April 25.
The sale, trade and import of dog meat was banned on July 4, 2020, by the Nagaland Government through its Chief Secretary after a photograph of incapacitated dogs tied to gunny bags went viral on social media.