Manipur & 3 North-east states dump NDA

GUWAHATI: NDA experienced setbacks in the North-east, losing three seats from its 2019 LS tally while Congress saw a resurgence in the region once considered its bastion. Of the seven LS seats Congress won in the region, Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra had traversed through six. NDA's biggest dent was in trouble-torn Manipur, where Congress defeated BJP in Meitei-dominated Inner Manipur and its ally NPF in the tribal-majority outer Manipur.In Mizoram, ZPM wrested the lone seat. In Nagaland, Congress trumped NDPP-BJP, winning the lone seat despite not having a single MLA. In Meghalaya, NDA partner NPP lost to Voice of the People Party in Shillong and to Congress in CM Conrad Sangma's home seat Tura, where his sister and sitting MP Agatha Sangma lost. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma blamed leaders of a particular religion for NDA losses in Nagaland and Meghalaya.