Civil society in Nagaland has been demanding 'Solution' in Nagaland before polls, but lately the 'protest' tempo has died down and instead a section of powerful bodies have opted for prayer sessions on Jan 21, 2023
New Delhi
The Election Commission will announce poll schedules for Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura at 2.30 PM, Wednesday, Jan 18.
Elections are due in three northeastern states next month.
BJP is in power in all three states. It heads the coalition government in Tripura whileit shares power with regional partners NDPP and NPF in Nagaland and Conrad Sangma-led NPPin Meghalaya.
However, in Meghalaya, both NPP and BJP are going to contest the polls separately. In Nagaland,BJP has agreed to play second fiddle and contest only 20 candidates as against 40 by the NDPPin the 60-member assembly.
Analysts say many in north eastern Christian states such as Nagaland and Meghalaya will prefer BJP hoping to accelerate development. In fact, the Nagaland unit leaders have repeatedly urgedthe party high command to review the 20-40 arrangements.
The 'Moditva phenomenon' was at its best in the just concluded polls in Gujarat.
The just concluded polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and this year's elections in three northeastern states and also Mizoram and later in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and also in Karnataka will set the ball rolling for 2024 general elections.
In their respective speeches both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda have urged partyworkers to struggle hard for the ensuing elections.
In Tripura, which was once a communist forte, the saffron party will hope for an easier contest with rivals Congress and CPI-M marginalised.
A new tribal-based party may make a difference, but it cannot have a say in more than 20 seats.
The BJP’s mega promise in the northeast is to provide a corruption-free government focused on people’s socio economic development.
The hilly state of Meghalaya has nearly 3 million people with 75 percent Christian population.
BJP's national vice president and in-charge Meghalaya is a Naga veteran M Chuba Ao.
A Christian himself Ao is confident of a much better show this time as compared to two-seats win in 2018.
The NPP of Conrad Sangma in Meghalaya is faced with an anti incumbency and a series of corruption allegations.
The Congress was in power for 15 years till it was ousted in 2018; but the grand old party has lost veterans
such as Mukul Sangma to Trinamool and the party base has crumbled too.
Christians, who make up 90 percent of Nagaland’s 1.95 million people, in 2018 showed preference tothe BJP when the party could win 12 seats out of 20 seats it fought.
The Central Nagaland region comprising 25 seats and especially Mokokchung district is witnessing a pro-saffron wave even this year.
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