T. M. Lotha

T. Myingthungo Lotha (1951/1952 – 25 March 2020) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta and became a government assistant surgeon in 1977. He ran unsuccessfully in November 1987 for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the Wokha constituency in Wokha district as a member of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party.

Early life He was elected in 1989 as a member of the Nagaland People's Council and twice re-elected, in 2003 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and after losing the election in 2008, in 2013 as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He was defeated for re-election in 2018. He headed a variety of ministries during his time in the assembly, including the home ministry, medical ministry, and horticulture ministry. He was a founding member of the organization Naga HoHo and chaired its political affairs committee from 2008 to 2012.

Lotha was married and had seven children.