NPP chief and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma
GUWAHATI: National People s Party (NPP) led by Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma is ready to contest in about 15 seats in three-phase Assam elections.
NPP will also fight in the seats where its ally in the NDA, BJP, has also fielded candidates. But the state leadership of the party said that they want to give voters a chance to vote for a young party, which is ready to bring youthfulness in Indian politics. The NPP is the only party from the northeast, which has the recognition of a “National Party”.
NPP has fielded candidates in Chabua, Badarpur, Jorhat, Baithalangso and Naoboicha seats for the first phase, in most of which indigenous tribes and communities play a decisive role in the elections. Some of these are A-category seats for the BJP where the saffron alliance has a high chance of winning, according to the BJP insiders. PM Narendra Modi will address an election rally in Chabua in the Dibrugarh district on March 20, which was the ner