Assam election: NPP fields candidates in three constituencies for the April 9 election
The Hindu
NPP aims to strengthen its political presence in Assam, targeting three key seats in a strategic long-term expansion plan.
A “friendly fight” with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in Sibsagar constituency has diverted attention from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) not-so-friendly contest with another NDA constituent — the National People’s Party (NPP).
The NPP has fielded candidates in three constituencies for the April 9 election, eight fewer than in 2021. They are sitting MLA Mohammed Aminul Islam from Mankachar, Ganseng B. Sangma from Boko-Chaygaon, and Daniel Langthasa from Haflong.
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Mr. Islam, who quit the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) before the polls, will face the AGP’s Jabed Islam in Mankachar, which borders Meghalaya and Bangladesh. The BJP’s Raju Mech and Rupali Langthasa are Mr. Sangma and Mr. Langthasa’s main rivals.
Mr. Langthasa was one of four northeastern leaders who had joined hands a year ago to work toward a “viable political alternative” in the region. The others are the NPP’s national president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, Tripura’s Tipra Motha Party founder Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, and former Nagaland BJP leader Mmhonlumo Kikon.
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The much-anticipated Special Cabinet meeting to iron out differences over internal reservation among 101 Scheduled Castes, which was to be held on Friday, has been postponed to beyond April 9. The decision came after Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty advised that any decision to be taken would be in violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) in place due to byelections to the Bagalkot and Davangere South Assembly seats to be held on April 9.
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