The three northeastern states are the primary to have meeting polls this yr.
New Delhi:
Tripura will vote for a brand new authorities on February sixteenth, and Meghalaya and Nagaland on the twenty seventh, with outcomes on March 2, the Election Fee introduced on Wednesday.
Whereas the three northeastern states are the primary to have meeting polls this yr, a particular focus might be on Tripura, which the BJP received for the primary time in 2018. In latest months, the social gathering has been making an attempt to quell a insurrection in its ranks.
The phrases of all three state assemblies, every with a power of 60 members, finish in March – Nagaland on March 12, Meghalaya on March 15 and Tripura on March 22.
The ballot schedule of the three states was chalked out maintaining in thoughts highschool examinations and the motion of safety forces, reviews mentioned.
Whereas Tripura has a BJP authorities, in Nagaland, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Occasion is in energy.
The Nationwide Folks’s Occasion, the one social gathering from the Northeast to have a nationwide standing, runs the federal government in Meghalaya.