BJP announces seat-sharing strategy for northeast India

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP on Friday announced its support for the Lok Sabha candidates of the Naga Peoples Front NPF in the Outer Manipur Constituency the National Peoples Party NPP in both the seats of Meghalaya Shillong and Tura and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party NDPP in Nagaland for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in 2024The announcement was made by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and BJP Coordinator of North East Sambit Patra in separate posts on XFollowing the decision by BJP under the guidance of JP Nadda and upholding our alliance principles I am delighted to share that BJP will lend its support to Lok Sabha Candidates of NPF in the Outer Manipur Constituency for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections in 2024 Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said in a post on XFollowing the decision by BJP4India under the guidance of Shri JPNadda ji and upholding our alliance principles I am delighted to share that BJP will lend its support to Lok Sabha Candidates of NPF in the Outer Manipur Constituency for the forthcoming Parliamentary electionshellip httpstco9V4BY7esBxmdash NBiren Singh Modi Ka Parivar NBirenSingh March 22 2024As per the instructions of the National President of BJP JP Nadda I am pleased to inform that BJP will extend its support to Lok Sabha Candidates of NPP in both the seats of Meghalaya Shillong and Tura to NPF in the Outer Manipur Constituency and to NDPP in Nagaland in the ensuing Parliamentary elections 2024 Sambit Patra BJP Coordinator of North East said in a post on XAs per the instructions of the Honrsquoble National President of BJP4India Shri JPNadda ji I am pleased to inform that BJP will extend its support to Lok Sabha Candidates of NPP in both the seats of Meghalaya Shillong and Turato NPF in the Outer Manipur Constituency and tohellipmdash Sambit Patra Modi Ka Parivar sambitswaraj March 22 2024The forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024 are set to be a significant event in the political landscape of North East IndiaThe ECI has announced that the polling for Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1 with the counting of votes on June 4In Meghalaya the election will take place on April 19 Meanwhile Manipur will witness a twophase election process The first phase is scheduled for April 19 followed by the second phase on April 26 Similarly in Nagaland voters will cast their ballots on April 19In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections the Indian National Congress INC and the National Peoples Party NPP won one seat each in MeghalayaIn Manipur the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and the Naga Peoples Front NPF each won one seat with Rajkumar Ranjan Singh of the BJP winning the Inner Manipur constituency and Lorho S Pfoze of the NPF winning the Outer Manipur constituencyIn Nagaland the lone Lok Sabha seat was won by Tokheho Yepthomi of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive PartyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever