Campaigning For Polls In Nagaland, Meghalaya Enters Last Leg

New Delhi: Campaigning for assembly elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya has entered the last leg. Political parties are making their last-ditch efforts to woo the voters.

In Nagaland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the rally of the NDPP-BJP in the Chumoukedima district on Friday.

he NDPP and BJP are the only two parties to have entered into a pre-poll alliance for the 14th Nagaland Assembly Election slated on 27 February. Elections will be held in Nagaland with the BJP-NDPP alliance contesting in all seats of the 60-member state assembly.

Campaigning for NDPP-BJP candidates, Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a huge crowd of party workers and supporters at the Agri Expo in Choumukedima district on Friday. Senior leaders of NDPP including Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and state BJP leaders also attended the rally.

Modi asserted that bringing permanent peace to Nagaland is the aim of his government. He said that peace, progress, and prosperity for Nagaland are the motto of his government.

All other parties in the fray for the election are also stepping up their campaign efforts on the second last day on the hustings with media appearances, regional trips and rallies.