The north-eastern region is coveted by the BJP to deflect accusations it is an anti-minority and anti-tribal party. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in Nagaland and Tripura, and is likely to make a comeback as a ruling coalition partner in Meghalaya, according to results declared on Thursday for elections in these three northeastern Indian states.
But in Meghalaya, the BJP won just two of the 60 assembly seats, trailing its pre-election government coalition partner, National People’s Party , which had either won or was leading in 26 seats. While the two parties contested the election independently, the parties have indicated a possible return to a power-sharing agreement between them.
But pragmatic politics has seen the party, which won just two seats in Meghalaya in the 2018 state elections, strike an alliance with the NPP. “It is convenient for the NPP also because if you have good relations with the BJP and are a coalition partner, you get concessions from the BJP-led central government,” she noted.
“The party, due anti-incumbency, may lose in other parts of India where it had peaked in 2019. It has to make up for this and, therefore, the northeastern states acquire even greater importance,” she said.Anti-incumbency is used to refer to a sentiment in favour of voting out incumbent politicians.
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