GUWAHATI: After expanding its footprint in the northeast over the past two years, BJP is able to lay the groundwork for the 2019 Lok Sabha election in the region, the place 25 seats are up for grabs. Only this time, the saffron celebration will put to make use of the North East Democratic Alliance (Neda) - a conglomerate of regional events of the northeast - that it put at the side of a 'Congress-mukt northeast' agenda after its 2016 victory in Assam.
BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to handle the leaders of the 13 regional events from the eight northeastern states that constitute Neda at its third convention here on May 20. All Neda contributors, with the exception of the Mizo National Front, are in power in collaboration with BJP of their respective states. Congress-ruled Mizoram will go to the polls in December. "The four-year-old Narendra Modi government has done several times more work in the northeast than the Congress had in 65 years," Shah mentioned on Thursday, including that BJP and its allies would seize power in all eight states.
"The meeting on May 20 will chalk out a detailed roadmap for BJP and its allies for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Amit Shah will give the necessary directions regarding preparations for the polls," president of the state unit of BJP, Ranjeet Dass, mentioned.
In 2014, the NDA had gained 11 Lok Sabha seats in the northeast. BJP by itself had gained seven in Assam and one in Arunachal Pradesh. Its allies Naga People's Front (NPF) and Sikkim Democratic Front had gained a seat each and every. NPF, however, left Neda after the Nagaland meeting election previous this 12 months, the place it contested in opposition to BJP and its new ally Nationalist Democratic Democratic Party.
Neda's 2nd conclave in Delhi in September ultimate 12 months - six months before elections in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya - had reiterated its function of putting in place a 'Congress-mukt northeast'. Shah, in his ultimate discuss with to the state ultimate month, set a goal of 21 Lok Sabha seats for the celebration employees.
BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to handle the leaders of the 13 regional events from the eight northeastern states that constitute Neda at its third convention here on May 20. All Neda contributors, with the exception of the Mizo National Front, are in power in collaboration with BJP of their respective states. Congress-ruled Mizoram will go to the polls in December. "The four-year-old Narendra Modi government has done several times more work in the northeast than the Congress had in 65 years," Shah mentioned on Thursday, including that BJP and its allies would seize power in all eight states.
"The meeting on May 20 will chalk out a detailed roadmap for BJP and its allies for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Amit Shah will give the necessary directions regarding preparations for the polls," president of the state unit of BJP, Ranjeet Dass, mentioned.
In 2014, the NDA had gained 11 Lok Sabha seats in the northeast. BJP by itself had gained seven in Assam and one in Arunachal Pradesh. Its allies Naga People's Front (NPF) and Sikkim Democratic Front had gained a seat each and every. NPF, however, left Neda after the Nagaland meeting election previous this 12 months, the place it contested in opposition to BJP and its new ally Nationalist Democratic Democratic Party.
Neda's 2nd conclave in Delhi in September ultimate 12 months - six months before elections in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya - had reiterated its function of putting in place a 'Congress-mukt northeast'. Shah, in his ultimate discuss with to the state ultimate month, set a goal of 21 Lok Sabha seats for the celebration employees.
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