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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = W. Wangyuh Konyak
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mon District]], [[Nagaland]]
| residence = [[Nagaland]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Nagaland (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Nagaland]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =[[Nagaland Peoples Front|NPF]]
| religion =
| spouse = H. Pongthron
| children = 2 sons and 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 16 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4107
}}

'''W. Wangyuh Konyak''' (born 20 October 1963) was a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Nagaland (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Nagaland]] constituency and is a member of the [[Nagaland Peoples Front]] (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.<ref>{{cite news |title=NPF victorious in Nagaland |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/npf-victorious-in-nagaland/story-4JYUGgEvNIXSS3UzAOI5rO.html |accessdate=7 June 2020 |agency=Press Trust of India |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=15 May 2004}}</ref>

In 2006, he urged the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of the Indian government to ban the screening of the movie [[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]] in India. He also asked the then Chief Minister of Nagaland, [[Neiphiu Rio]] to convene a special session of the state assembly to ban the movie in Nagaland or issue an official notification in this regard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wangyuh wants Da Vinci Code be banned |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/05/19/wangyuh-wants-da-vinci-code-be-banned-1148018627.html |accessdate=7 June 2020 |agency=United News of India |publisher=OneIndia.com |date=19 May 2006}}</ref>

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]]. The NPF was in political alliance with the BJP then at the state government.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nagaland MP expelled from NPF for defying party whip |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/31upavote1.htm |website=Rediff.com |accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4107 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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