AGARTALA/GUWAHATI: Keeping in mind next year’s Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has held a “crucial meeting” in Guwahati to chalk out strategies to win all 25 parliamentary seats in the eight northeastern states, including Sikkim. Tripura unit BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee said on Thursday that the central leaders of the party are keen to win all 25 Lok Sabha seats in the northeastern states. “State unit presidents of all the northeastern states and other senior leaders were present in the important meeting earlier this week in Guwahati. It was discussed and decided that booths in all the parliamentary constituencies would be further strengthened to obtain the full electoral mileage,” Bhattacharjee told the media.
BJP General Secretary (Organization) Shiv Prakash, the party’s northeast coordinator and National Spokesperson Sambit Patra, National Secretary Asha Lakra, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, among other leaders, were present in the meeting. Of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the eight northeastern states, 14 are currently with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the Congress has four.
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland, the Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram, the National People’s Party (MPF) in Meghalaya, the Naga People’s Front in Manipur, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) in Sikkim, and an independent (Naba Kumar Sarania) in Assam have one seat each. Of the 25 Lok Sabha seats, Assam has 14 constituencies; Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura have two seats each; Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim have one seat each. (IANS)
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