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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to northeastern states. He is scheduled to attend CMs oath-taking ceremony in all three states- Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.
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The National People's Party (NPP) emerged as the single-largest party in the state on Thursday, bagging 26 seats out of the 59 constituencies that went to polls on February 27.
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Taking on the opposition, PM Modi said, "some (Kattar) people say mar ji Modi (die Modi) but the people of the country is saying 'Mat Ja Modi' (please don't go anywhere)."
Meghalaya Assembly Election Result Live: All eyes were on former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma who along with 11 of the 17 Congress MLAs in the state joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021 but he failed to make much difference as TMC succeeded to bag just 5 seats in the election.
Meghalaya Election Result: NPP supremo Conrad Sangma called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah asking the BJP for support. The saffron camp without any hesitation agreed to form the alliance government.
Tripura recorded an overall voter turnout of nearly 90 per cent while Meghalaya and Nagaland recorded 76 per cent and 84 per cent polling respectively.
Meghalaya elections 2023: The ruling National People's Party will fight to retain power, while the BJP and Trinamool Congress will attempt to dethrone the incumbent government.
All arrangements are in place and we are confident that the elections will be conducted smoothly, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland V Shashank Shekhar.
Meghalaya Election 2023: This was the first visit of PM Modi to Meghalaya in 2023. BJP said that their election plan has been development and employment in a state with little of either. These, along with corruption, have been the themes in the speeches of Sarbananda Sonowal.
Meghalaya Election 2023: So far, the top Congress leadership has been absent from the campaign scene in the three northeastern poll-bound states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland barring party president Mallikarjun Kharge addressing an election rally in Nagaland only on February 21.
Meghalaya Election 2023: Polling will now be conducted in 59 out of 60 constituencies in the wake of the former Home minister's demise. FR Kharkongor, the chief electoral officer of Meghalaya, told media,
Meghalaya Election 2023: Amit Shah visited Nagaland on February 20 where he addressed an election rally.
Meghalaya Election 2023: As per the Nagaland BJP source, the PM will visit Nagaland and hold a mega rally there. "PM will also address a public rally to boost the election campaign. Meeting with BJP leader of Meghalaya is also in schedule", sources added.
Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2023: Releasing the manifesto for the polls, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that the BJP was endangering Meghalaya's cultural and independent identity.
Meghalaya Assembly elections: State Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor said that 37 women have also filed their nominations for the 60-member Assembly in the state.
Noting that the opposition TMC is "based out of West Bengal," Sangma alleged that it is "getting disintegrated day by day." People of Meghalaya do not trust 'outsiders' - be it the BJP or the TMC.
Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly will be held on February 27. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.
BJP secretary and its northeast co-incharge Rituraj Sinha told reporters on Thursday that the party will fight the Meghalaya polls under the campaign tagline of "M-Power" (Modi power), asserting that people of the state have trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meghalaya Assembly elections: According to Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee President and MP Vincent H Pala, the final list of five candidates was approved by the central election committee (CEC).
Meghalaya Assembly Election 2023: “The date for the PM's visit has not been fixed. But just after February 10, maybe February 11-12, the prime minister will address several election rallies in all Khasi, Jaintia and Garo hill regions of the state,” Mawrie said.
According to the list, state Congress President and Lok Sabha MP from Shillong parliamentary constituency, Vincent H. Pala, would contest from Sutnga Saipung Assembly constituency.
Assembly elections in Northeast: BJP is in power in all three states. It has been ruling Tripura and is a part of the ruling alliance in Meghalaya and Nagaland. There is a direct fight between BJP and Left in Tripura, while regional parties are dominant in the other two states.
The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya assembly elections.