The business of news is linked to something strange and odd. Apparently the BJP leaders both in some of the states and in the centre have often shown aptitude and appetite to hit headlines.
The reasons could be right and even wrong.
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| Blogger in Kohima |
Reportedly there was some flip flop at the BJP central election committee meeting in Delhi on Friday and the saffron party leadership decided to defer the decision on ticket allocation for Tripura as well.
While Nagaland and Meghalaya have voting date on Feb 27, time is simply running out for Tripura where polls are to be held on Feb 16.
"If they are indecisive, they are also making us more indecisive... election is a related sport," confessed
a Congress leader claiming the BJP may take final decision on candidates either for Tripura and
even Nagaland and Meghalaya only by Jan 31 or even after presentation of the Union Budget on Feb 1.
A BJP leader from Meghalaya said, "Left to me I will be expecting the BJP parliamentary board meeting
only on Jan 31 because they are going to sit serially for three states and not only for Meghalaya .....
but also for Tripura and Nagaland".
Another source in the know of things said the Budget session of Parliament begins on Jan 31 with
Presidential address to the joint sitting of both Houses and next day the Finance Minister will present
the Budget 2023-24.
"This year's Budget will be the last full fledged Budget for the Modi Govt 2.0 before 2024 parliamentary polls.
This has to be populist and also do fine tuning to the urgent challenges of keeping the financial
balance," the source said, implying the top BJP guns will be probably 'more than busy' on Jan 31.
Possibly Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed displeasure at the manner electioneering has been handled this year especially in the context of Nagaland -- where there are utter confusion among voters as well key stakeholders like the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation.
The ENPO delegation is expected to interact with A K Mishra and other representatives in Delhi in the next 48 hours.
Separately, with regard to Tripura too, there is a row over demand for creation of
a new state for 'tribals'.
Amid these, the talks for alliance with Tipra Motha fell through and the BJP is now
left with the option of contesting the polls on its own.
The BJP central leadership met in Delhi on Friday and also okayed the entry of two dissidents - one from
Trinamool Congress and the other from CPI-M.
The sitting Marxist MLA Mobaswar Ali of Kailasahar joined BJP along with a former TMC president.
The Tipra Motha chairman, Pradyot Kishore Debbarman, who was leading the alliance talks with the BJP
declared that the party would go alone in the elections.
Tipra Motha's support could be crucial either for Congress-Left alliance and the BJP to form the next government
in Tripura.
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