New Delhi, Mar 3: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the trends suggest that there
is a "new direction" in northeast and this will have
impact in national politics also.
"In Meghalaya, we will have requisite numbers to form a
non-Congress government with the support of NPP and UDP," Mr Rijiju told reporters.
He said both National Peoples Party (NPP) of Conrad Sangma and United Democratic Party (UDP) are already "partners of BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance" and therefore their support to BJP is possible.
On Nagaland, he said National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)-BJP will be able to form government. He also confirmed that the NPF, which has been BJP ally from 2003 but parted ways in the run up to the polls, has also started moving back to the saffron party.
NPF has now started reaching out to the ruling dispensation in the Centre.
NPF sources said the party is not against "realigning with BJP" as it wants a congenial atmosphere for the "ongoing political dialogue" In the run-up to the recently-concluded Nagaland assembly elections, the BJP and the NPF were engaged in a vitriolic verbal war.
The NPF’s chief, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu, had even declared the 2018 Nagaland assembly elections as a choice between ‘outsiders’ and ‘Naga identity’ while asking voters not to ‘gamble with their faith, culture and identity.’
On the other hand, the BJP has also attacked NPF reminding it of the 15-year alliance that existed between the two parties prior to the 2018 Nagaland assembly elections.
In Nagaland, the BJP parted ways with its two-decade old partner NPF and chose to ally with newly floated NDPP.
Former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio of NDPP is now expected to lead the new government if the results favour the NDPP-BJP alliance. UNI
He said both National Peoples Party (NPP) of Conrad Sangma and United Democratic Party (UDP) are already "partners of BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance" and therefore their support to BJP is possible.
On Nagaland, he said National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)-BJP will be able to form government. He also confirmed that the NPF, which has been BJP ally from 2003 but parted ways in the run up to the polls, has also started moving back to the saffron party.
NPF has now started reaching out to the ruling dispensation in the Centre.
NPF sources said the party is not against "realigning with BJP" as it wants a congenial atmosphere for the "ongoing political dialogue" In the run-up to the recently-concluded Nagaland assembly elections, the BJP and the NPF were engaged in a vitriolic verbal war.
The NPF’s chief, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu, had even declared the 2018 Nagaland assembly elections as a choice between ‘outsiders’ and ‘Naga identity’ while asking voters not to ‘gamble with their faith, culture and identity.’
On the other hand, the BJP has also attacked NPF reminding it of the 15-year alliance that existed between the two parties prior to the 2018 Nagaland assembly elections.
In Nagaland, the BJP parted ways with its two-decade old partner NPF and chose to ally with newly floated NDPP.
Former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio of NDPP is now expected to lead the new government if the results favour the NDPP-BJP alliance. UNI
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