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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
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Chandy, Chennithala meet church leaders, Surendran hold talks with Sabarimala tantri
As the pre-election scene hots up in the State, leading political parties are now cosying up to religious and caste organisations in Central Travancore region with an eye on the vote bank.
When the BJP’s Vijay Yatra reached Chengannur in Alappuzha on Thursday, party State president K. Surendran reached out to the family of the Sabarimala tantri, which holds a special place among the Hindu upper castes in Central Kerala.
During the visit, Mr. Surendran held discussions with Kandararu Rajeevaru, the reigning tantri (chief priest) of the hill shrine and congratulated him for taking an upright stance during the Sabarimala protests.
Another senior party leader, H K Patil, will chair the panel for Kerala. The screening committee of the Congress for the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly polls starting March 27 will have Delhi leader J P Aggarwal as its chairman. The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be taken up on May 2. Congress president has constituted the screening committee for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry with immediate effect, with Digvijaya Singh as its chairman, a statement issued by the party said.