Assembly elections: BJP to contest all 60 Meghalaya seats, 20 seats in Nagaland

The BJP will contest on all 60 seats of the Meghalaya Assembly and fight the Nagaland elections in an alliance with the states ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party contesting on 20 of 60 seatsBJP secretary and its northeast coincharge Rituraj Sinha told reporters on Thursday that the party will fight the Meghalaya polls under the campaign tagline of MPower Modi power asserting that people of the state have trust in Prime Minister Narendra ModiThey believe Modi is the only person who can ensure a corruptionfree government and fast track development he saidNagaland and Meghalaya BJP chief Temjen Imna Along and Ernest Mawrie respectively also named party candidates approved by the partys central election committeeSinha claimed that people in the northeastern states are fed up of corruption and slow pace of development even though central government schemes have reached them They though believe that their implementation could have been better he saidChief Minister Conrad Sangmaled National Peoples Party is in power in Meghalaya Though the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP is a part of his government the relations between the two parties have long been far from smoothAlso Read Assembly polls in Tripura on February 16 in Nagaland and Meghalaya on February 27 ECThe BJP had contested on 47 seats in the 2018 assembly polls and had won twoSinha expressed confidence that the saffron party will do well in the state polls and noted that Modi has visited the northeast region over 50 times in his term This is more than the visits of all the previous prime ministers put together he said adding that Modi has always been to the region with some development packageThe prime minister has converted the Look East policy into act policy The central government has worked to execute the HIRA highways internet connectivity roadways and airport model in the region which has also witnessed an era of peace Sinha saidIn the true sense Modi has married regional aspiration of the northeast with our national priorities he saidNain Kohli BJPs incharge for Nagaland said We believe Modis work focus on development and peace are the critical factors which will drive Nagalands votersBoth the states will go to polls on February 27 and counting of votes is due for March 2This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever