Guwahati: Stating that the BJP-NDPP coalition led by NDPP president and CM Neiphiu Rio has given Nagaland a stable government for five years, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said PM Narendra Modi wants the next BJP-NDPP government in the state to be formed under Rio’s leadership again.
Sarma was addressing an election rally in Nagaland’s Pughoboto town.
Crediting the BJP-NDPP coalition for paving the way for respecting the aspirations of the Naga people and preserving their uniqueness, Sarma said, “We have made very good progress in resolving the Naga political issue. We are still talking, but for the first time we have created a positive climate to peacefully settle the Naga political issue so that the aspirations and uniqueness of Naga people can be maintained in a bigger landscape,” Sarma said at the rally.
“Nagaland politics was for a long time seeing many ups and downs until BJP-NDPP formed the government in 2018 and gave the people of Nagaland the most stable government. In a way, the last five years have been the best period for Nagaland. We ran a government successfully under the leadership of CM Rio,” the chief minister added.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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