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The BJP and its allies have won in India’s northeastern states of Tripura and Nagaland. BJP is going to renew its old alliance to form Conrad Sangma government in Meghalaya.
In this situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that BJP’s victory in Tripura is a vote for progress and stability. He thanked the people for the victory in Nagaland and said that the twin engine government will continue to strive for the progress of the state.
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The BJP-IPFD alliance won a landslide victory in the Tripura Assembly elections by winning 33 of the total 60 seats. BJP has emerged as the single largest party with 32 seats, while IPFD has won one seat.
Nagaland
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDP) have won 37 seats and secured a majority in the Nagaland Assembly elections.
According to the Election Commission, the BJP has won 12 seats and NTPP 25 seats, leading in 3 seats. The Nationalist Congress won five seats. Meanwhile, the Republican Party of India (Adwale) won two seats.
Nagaland political pioneer and NTPP leader Neyphiu Rio has registered a resounding victory for his party and ally BJP.
With this, he will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the fifth time in the state. He polled a total of 17,045 votes, which is 92.87% of the total votes polled in the constituency.
Nagaland, which has 60 assembly seats, got ‘state status’ in 1963, but this was the first time a woman candidate won a state assembly election. Women here have already represented the state in Parliament.
A total of 183 candidates contested the Nagaland Assembly elections this time, out of which only four were women.
In this, the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) fielded two female candidates namely Hegani Jaglu (Dimapur-III Constituency) and Salhouduwonuo (West Angami Constituency).
The ruling National People’s Party (NPP) won 26 seats in Meghalaya, the Election Commission said on Thursday.
United Democratic Party (UDP) won 11 seats and Congress 5 seats. Voice of the People Party (VPP) won four seats and Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee five seats.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sharma and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma called Indian Home Minister Amit Shah and said they would seek support to form a government in the state.
Sharma added that BJP national president JP Nata has instructed the state unit of the party to support the NPP to form the next government in Meghalaya.
Election promises
Speaking at an election campaign meeting in Tripura, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Ram temple built in Ayodhya will be opened on January 1, 2024.
After that, experts said that the BJP will approach this election from the aspect of “temple and nationalism”.
On the other hand, the Left parties of Tripura had accused the BJP of playing politics with religion.
In Meghalaya, the Congress had promised to eradicate unemployment and corruption in the state.
As the number of women is more than the number of men in the 36 assembly constituencies in the state, various parties have made many promises highlighting women.
In Nagaland, the BJP contested the elections with the theme of ‘Let’s develop Nagaland’.
The Congress Party had said that if it forms the government in Nagaland, 33 per cent quota will be given to women in local bodies and a pension of Rs 3000 per month will be given to senior citizens.