The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced that it will support its regional allies in four Lok Sabha constituencies in three states in the Northeast.
These seats are Shillong and Tura in Meghalaya, Outer Manipur in Manipur and the single constituency in Nagaland.
“BJP will extend support to Lok Sabha candidates of National People's Party (NPP) in Meghalaya, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland and Naga People's Front (NPF) in Manipur,” said Sambit Patra, BJP . coordinator for the Northeast, he said.
The three parties are constituents of the BJP-controlled National Democratic Alliance.
He claimed that the BJP will cross 370 seats and the NDA will get more than 400 seats when the results of the Lok Sabha elections are announced on June 4.
The NPP has fielded Agatha Sangma and Meghalaya Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh from Tura and Shillong seats. NDPP candidate from Nagaland seat is Chumben Murry while NPF candidate from Outer Manipur is Kachui Timothy Zimik.
The BJP is also supporting the candidates of its two ruling partners in Assam – the Asom Gana Parishad (Barpeta and Dhubri seats) and the United Liberal Party (Kokrajhar).
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