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  • JD(U) frowns upon Nagaland unit’s assist to newly-formed authorities

    By PTI

    PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Wednesday described as “high indiscipline” and “arbitrary” the assist prolonged by its Nagaland unit to the newly shaped authorities in that state the place the NDPP-BJP alliance returned to energy.

    According to an announcement issued by the JD(U)’s nationwide normal secretary in cost for the North East, Afaq Ahmed Khan, the social gathering’s Nagaland state committee has been, subsequently, dissolved.

    The JD(U) had bagged one seat within the lately held elections to the 60-strong meeting of Nagaland, the place the NPP-BJP alliance has been voted to energy for the second time in a row.

    “The central party comes to know that Nagaland state president of our party (has) given a letter of support to the Chief Minister of Nagaland without consulting the central party, (which) is high indiscipline and arbitrary. So, the party has dissolved the Nagaland state committee with immediate effect,” the assertion mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Sharad Pawar clears proposal of NCP’s Nagaland MLAs to affix Neiphiu Rio’s govt

    The JD(U)’s assist is known to have brought about a humiliation to Kumar, the supreme chief, who had snapped ties with the BJP final yr, vowing to defeat it by uniting the opposition within the Lok Sabha polls subsequent yr.

    The NCP, NPP, Naga People’s Front, RPI (A), LJP (Ram Vilas), JD(U) and Independent MLAs prolonged assist to the NDPP-BJP alliance for an opposition much less authorities.

    NDPP president Neiphiu Rio took oath because the chief minister of Nagaland for the fifth time period on Tuesday.

    PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Wednesday described as “high indiscipline” and “arbitrary” the assist prolonged by its Nagaland unit to the newly shaped authorities in that state the place the NDPP-BJP alliance returned to energy.

    According to an announcement issued by the JD(U)’s nationwide normal secretary in cost for the North East, Afaq Ahmed Khan, the social gathering’s Nagaland state committee has been, subsequently, dissolved.

    The JD(U) had bagged one seat within the lately held elections to the 60-strong meeting of Nagaland, the place the NPP-BJP alliance has been voted to energy for the second time in a row.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “The central party comes to know that Nagaland state president of our party (has) given a letter of support to the Chief Minister of Nagaland without consulting the central party, (which) is high indiscipline and arbitrary. So, the party has dissolved the Nagaland state committee with immediate effect,” the assertion mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Sharad Pawar clears proposal of NCP’s Nagaland MLAs to affix Neiphiu Rio’s govt

    The JD(U)’s assist is known to have brought about a humiliation to Kumar, the supreme chief, who had snapped ties with the BJP final yr, vowing to defeat it by uniting the opposition within the Lok Sabha polls subsequent yr.

    The NCP, NPP, Naga People’s Front, RPI (A), LJP (Ram Vilas), JD(U) and Independent MLAs prolonged assist to the NDPP-BJP alliance for an opposition much less authorities.

    NDPP president Neiphiu Rio took oath because the chief minister of Nagaland for the fifth time period on Tuesday.

  • Sharad Pawar clears proposal of NCP’s Nagaland MLAs to hitch Neiphiu Rio’s govt

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has accepted the proposal of the get together’s Nagaland MLAs to hitch the Neiphiu Rio authorities however there isn’t any indication from the BJP-NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party) ruling coalition to accommodate any opposition events.

    The NCP had the perfect efficiency among the many opposition events, successful seven of the 12 seats it contested within the lately held meeting elections. Its remaining 5 candidates additionally bagged good numbers of votes.

    During the primary assembly of NCP’s Nagaland legislature get together on March 4 in Kohima, there was a dialogue on whether or not the get together ought to be part of the federal government or it is going to play the position of most important opposition. 

    The NCP stated the newly-elected MLAs and its native unit had been of the opinion the get together have to be part of the federal government within the bigger curiosity of the state and the nice relationship that its MLAs share with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio of the NDPP.

    “This was left to NCP’s honourable national president Sharad Pawar to be a part or not to be a part of Nagaland government. After listening to the party’s Northeast in-charge on Tuesday morning, he took a decision to accept the leadership of Mr Neiphiu Rio in the larger interest of Nagaland,” the get together stated in an announcement.

    Several different opposition events are prepared to hitch the ruling coalition however Rio has not made any dedication up to now.

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    GUWAHATI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has accepted the proposal of the get together’s Nagaland MLAs to hitch the Neiphiu Rio authorities however there isn’t any indication from the BJP-NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party) ruling coalition to accommodate any opposition events.

    The NCP had the perfect efficiency among the many opposition events, successful seven of the 12 seats it contested within the lately held meeting elections. Its remaining 5 candidates additionally bagged good numbers of votes.

    During the primary assembly of NCP’s Nagaland legislature get together on March 4 in Kohima, there was a dialogue on whether or not the get together ought to be part of the federal government or it is going to play the position of most important opposition. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The NCP stated the newly-elected MLAs and its native unit had been of the opinion the get together have to be part of the federal government within the bigger curiosity of the state and the nice relationship that its MLAs share with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio of the NDPP.

    “This was left to NCP’s honourable national president Sharad Pawar to be a part or not to be a part of Nagaland government. After listening to the party’s Northeast in-charge on Tuesday morning, he took a decision to accept the leadership of Mr Neiphiu Rio in the larger interest of Nagaland,” the get together stated in an announcement.

    Several different opposition events are prepared to hitch the ruling coalition however Rio has not made any dedication up to now.

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  • Congress has a mountain to climb forward of elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura

    Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: The upcoming elections in three states of the Northeast will probably be a battle for survival for the Congress which as soon as dominated your entire area however has now gotten diminished to a shadow of its superb previous. The Congress’ slide within the Northeast started after the BJP’s emergence as a powerhouse in 2014.

    Simultaneous elections within the 60-member Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura are anticipated in February.

    As it seems now, the Congress shouldn’t be within the race to energy in any of those states. It lacks leaders after a lot of them embraced the ruling social gathering and different events over a time frame.

    COLUMN | The King’s Speech: Why the BJP could discover it troublesome to return to energy in Tripura

    The Congress doesn’t have a single MLA in Nagaland, only one in Tripura and 5 in Meghalaya.

    However, the 5 in Meghalaya had been suspended earlier this 12 months by the social gathering’s central management for cosying as much as the Conrad Okay Sangma authorities.

    The Congress had emerged as the one largest social gathering within the 2018 Meghalaya Assembly elections however the National People’s Party (NPP)-led motley alliance fashioned the federal government. 

    In November final 12 months, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya, led by former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, jumped ship to put on Trinamool Congress (TMC) colors. Their desertion relegated the grand previous social gathering to a extra minor social gathering and made the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC the state’s principal Opposition social gathering in a single day. TMC had no base within the state previous to that.

    Shillong MP H Pala is now Congress’s lone distinguished face within the Christian-majority state. The Congress is not going to, maybe, have a single MLA by the point it goes to elections because the 5 suspended legislators have roughly ditched the social gathering and are more likely to contest the polls on the tickets of different political events.

    ALSO READ | Four Meghalaya MLAs be part of BJP forward of upcoming elections

    In Tripura, Sudip Roy Barman is the Congress’ solely MLA. He had gained the final election on the BJP’s ticket and was inducted into the ministry however he resigned from the Assembly and the social gathering in February this 12 months after falling out with the then-Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Later, he gained a by-election, necessitated by his resignation.

    The Congress had didn’t win a single seat within the 2018 Tripura elections which the BJP swept, decimating the Left. 

    The Congress had additionally drawn a clean within the Nagaland elections of 2018. The social gathering, which had gained many elections underneath former Chief Minister SC Jamir, is now just about misplaced within the state which is dominated by a coalition of BJP, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, and Naga People’s Front. All MLAs within the state are from these three events.

    The elections within the three states are across the nook however not many individuals are speaking concerning the Congress.

    Party leaders, nonetheless, attempt to put up a courageous face. “So what if we have one MLA? Atal Bihari Vajpayee had just two MPs but he went on to become the Prime Minister,” Tripura Congress chief Birajit Sinha informed this newspaper.  “There is a lot going on in Tripura. People will vote us to power,” he mentioned confidently, simply days after seven Congress leaders, led by former state chief Pijush Kanti Biswas, joined the TMC in Tripura.

    The Congress in Nagaland sounded equally optimistic. “The Congress is the only alternative and people will vote for it. Not only has the Naga political issue remained unresolved, but the state, under the present government, is also facing bifurcation,” state Congress president Okay Therie mentioned referring to the demand of an influential tribal group for the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” state in jap Nagaland.

    READ HERE | ‘Trinamool not a Bengali social gathering, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

    GUWAHATI: The upcoming elections in three states of the Northeast will probably be a battle for survival for the Congress which as soon as dominated your entire area however has now gotten diminished to a shadow of its superb previous. The Congress’ slide within the Northeast started after the BJP’s emergence as a powerhouse in 2014.

    Simultaneous elections within the 60-member Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura are anticipated in February.

    As it seems now, the Congress shouldn’t be within the race to energy in any of those states. It lacks leaders after a lot of them embraced the ruling social gathering and different events over a time frame.

    COLUMN | The King’s Speech: Why the BJP could discover it troublesome to return to energy in Tripura

    The Congress doesn’t have a single MLA in Nagaland, only one in Tripura and 5 in Meghalaya.

    However, the 5 in Meghalaya had been suspended earlier this 12 months by the social gathering’s central management for cosying as much as the Conrad Okay Sangma authorities.

    The Congress had emerged as the one largest social gathering within the 2018 Meghalaya Assembly elections however the National People’s Party (NPP)-led motley alliance fashioned the federal government. 

    In November final 12 months, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya, led by former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, jumped ship to put on Trinamool Congress (TMC) colors. Their desertion relegated the grand previous social gathering to a extra minor social gathering and made the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC the state’s principal Opposition social gathering in a single day. TMC had no base within the state previous to that.

    Shillong MP H Pala is now Congress’s lone distinguished face within the Christian-majority state. The Congress is not going to, maybe, have a single MLA by the point it goes to elections because the 5 suspended legislators have roughly ditched the social gathering and are more likely to contest the polls on the tickets of different political events.

    ALSO READ | Four Meghalaya MLAs be part of BJP forward of upcoming elections

    In Tripura, Sudip Roy Barman is the Congress’ solely MLA. He had gained the final election on the BJP’s ticket and was inducted into the ministry however he resigned from the Assembly and the social gathering in February this 12 months after falling out with the then-Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Later, he gained a by-election, necessitated by his resignation.

    The Congress had didn’t win a single seat within the 2018 Tripura elections which the BJP swept, decimating the Left. 

    The Congress had additionally drawn a clean within the Nagaland elections of 2018. The social gathering, which had gained many elections underneath former Chief Minister SC Jamir, is now just about misplaced within the state which is dominated by a coalition of BJP, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, and Naga People’s Front. All MLAs within the state are from these three events.

    The elections within the three states are across the nook however not many individuals are speaking concerning the Congress.

    Party leaders, nonetheless, attempt to put up a courageous face. “So what if we have one MLA? Atal Bihari Vajpayee had just two MPs but he went on to become the Prime Minister,” Tripura Congress chief Birajit Sinha informed this newspaper.  “There is a lot going on in Tripura. People will vote us to power,” he mentioned confidently, simply days after seven Congress leaders, led by former state chief Pijush Kanti Biswas, joined the TMC in Tripura.

    The Congress in Nagaland sounded equally optimistic. “The Congress is the only alternative and people will vote for it. Not only has the Naga political issue remained unresolved, but the state, under the present government, is also facing bifurcation,” state Congress president Okay Therie mentioned referring to the demand of an influential tribal group for the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” state in jap Nagaland.

    READ HERE | ‘Trinamool not a Bengali social gathering, I work for all of India’: Mamata in poll-bound Meghalaya

  • Apex tribal organisation of jap Nagaland decides to boycott State elections

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: A tribal organisation in Nagaland has determined to boycott the upcoming state elections in protest in opposition to the Centre’s non-fulfillment of the demand for the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” state.

    The determination was made by the influential Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO), the apex tribal organisation of jap Nagaland which has six of the state’s 16 districts.

    The political events within the state have already stepped up their actions for the elections, due early subsequent yr.

    “Seven tribal bodies, talk team and frontal organisations…resolved not to participate in any election process of the state and the Centre until and unless the Frontier Nagaland state is created as demanded by the people of eastern Nagaland…” the ENPO mentioned in an announcement.

    Tuensang, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak and Shamator are the six districts falling beneath jap Nagaland which has altogether 20 of the state’s 60 Assembly seats. The tribal organisations demand that these six districts be carved out of Nagaland for the creation of Frontier Nagaland state.

    The whole area was as soon as Tuensang when it was part of North-East Frontier Agency. It was hooked up to the Naga Hills district in 1957 and when Nagaland attained statehood in 1963, it grew to become part of the state.

    The area has remained “underdeveloped” and “backward” for a few years and the locals imagine solely the creation of a separate state might assist guarantee improvement right here.

    The ENPO’s determination on boycotting the polls adopted the August 9 “public rallies” organised throughout the six districts to press for the Frontier Nagaland state demand.

    In October final yr, it had submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him, in addition to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to fulfil the demand early.

    Even because the ENPO is demanding the creation of a state inside the state, a contentious demand of insurgent group NSCN-IM is the creation of a unified Naga homeland by slicing off the Naga-inhabited areas of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and integrating them with Nagaland. Each of those states has a sizeable Naga inhabitants.

    GUWAHATI: A tribal organisation in Nagaland has determined to boycott the upcoming state elections in protest in opposition to the Centre’s non-fulfillment of the demand for the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” state.
    The determination was made by the influential Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO), the apex tribal organisation of jap Nagaland which has six of the state’s 16 districts.
    The political events within the state have already stepped up their actions for the elections, due early subsequent yr.
    “Seven tribal bodies, talk team and frontal organisations…resolved not to participate in any election process of the state and the Centre until and unless the Frontier Nagaland state is created as demanded by the people of eastern Nagaland…” the ENPO mentioned in an announcement.
    Tuensang, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak and Shamator are the six districts falling beneath jap Nagaland which has altogether 20 of the state’s 60 Assembly seats. The tribal organisations demand that these six districts be carved out of Nagaland for the creation of Frontier Nagaland state.
    The whole area was as soon as Tuensang when it was part of North-East Frontier Agency. It was hooked up to the Naga Hills district in 1957 and when Nagaland attained statehood in 1963, it grew to become part of the state.
    The area has remained “underdeveloped” and “backward” for a few years and the locals imagine solely the creation of a separate state might assist guarantee improvement right here.
    The ENPO’s determination on boycotting the polls adopted the August 9 “public rallies” organised throughout the six districts to press for the Frontier Nagaland state demand.
    In October final yr, it had submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him, in addition to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to fulfil the demand early.
    Even because the ENPO is demanding the creation of a state inside the state, a contentious demand of insurgent group NSCN-IM is the creation of a unified Naga homeland by slicing off the Naga-inhabited areas of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and integrating them with Nagaland. Each of those states has a sizeable Naga inhabitants.