Yanthungo Patton, also known as Y. Patton, is an Indian politician from Nagaland and the first and current Deputy Chief Minister (with Home portfolio) of the Indian state of Nagaland serving in the NDPP-BJP administration. He is the BJP MLA from Tyüi Assembly Constituency. On the 2021 Nagaland killings, Patton as the deputy CM of Nagaland tweeted,