Kohima/Shillong, Feb 27: The two northeastern states of Nagaland and Meghalaya are going to the
polls on Tuesday.
"I urge the people of Meghalaya and Nagaland to vote in
large numbers in the Assembly Elections taking place today," tweeted Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in the morning.
Both the states have a 60-member Assembly each, but voting is going on for 59 constituencies in both the states as election countermanded in Williamnagar constituency of Meghalaya wherein Jonathone N Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate was killed by suspected militants on February 18.
In Nagaland, NDPP's chief ministerial candidate Neiphiu Rio was declared elected unopposed from the Northern Angami-II constituency ahead of the polls.
The NDPP is contesting the polls in alliance with BJP while in Meghalaya the contest is essentially triangular between ruling Congress, BJP and NPP. Other regional parties like NCP, UDP and HSPDP are also in the fray.
In Nagaland, NPF is contesting in alliance with NPP and JD(U). The incumbent Chief Minister and NPF leader T R Zeliang on Tuesday exuded confidence that the NPF-led alliance will be able to form government in the militancy hit state.
"Our party will emerge single largest party," he said adding once NPF-led coalition government is installed, the state government along with other stakeholders will move for permanent solution to the Naga political problem.
The NDPP chief Chingwang Konyak has also expressed confidence that NDPP-BJP alliance will be able to form government. UNI
Both the states have a 60-member Assembly each, but voting is going on for 59 constituencies in both the states as election countermanded in Williamnagar constituency of Meghalaya wherein Jonathone N Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate was killed by suspected militants on February 18.
In Nagaland, NDPP's chief ministerial candidate Neiphiu Rio was declared elected unopposed from the Northern Angami-II constituency ahead of the polls.
The NDPP is contesting the polls in alliance with BJP while in Meghalaya the contest is essentially triangular between ruling Congress, BJP and NPP. Other regional parties like NCP, UDP and HSPDP are also in the fray.
In Nagaland, NPF is contesting in alliance with NPP and JD(U). The incumbent Chief Minister and NPF leader T R Zeliang on Tuesday exuded confidence that the NPF-led alliance will be able to form government in the militancy hit state.
"Our party will emerge single largest party," he said adding once NPF-led coalition government is installed, the state government along with other stakeholders will move for permanent solution to the Naga political problem.
The NDPP chief Chingwang Konyak has also expressed confidence that NDPP-BJP alliance will be able to form government. UNI
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