In Manipur BJP will form a government on its own: Assam CM, Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that in Manipur BJP will form a government on its own and we will have a proper BJP government in Manipur.

Manipur is going to assembly polls early this year. Sarma who is also the convenor of Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a platform of non-congress parties in the region while talking to media persons on Saturday said, “Winning Northeast was not a one of those occasion the BJP has come to stay in Northeast and this will be proved after these batches of elections.”

He added, “My own assessment is that after five successful years our governments will be repeat across the region. In Assam and Arunachal Pradesh we are having a BJP government for the second time. In Manipur we are going to form a government on our own this time, earlier we had a big coalition. I am confident this time we will have a proper BJP government in Manipur.”


He added, “In Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya we will have a stronger NDA and stroner BJP. In Tripura we are going to repeat.”

BJP’s ally National president of the National People’s Party (NPP) has hinted that it will contest the Manipur polls on its own.

NPP is a partner in the ruling BJP led coalition government in Manipur. In Meghalaya NPP is leading the six party led coalition government which is supported by BJP.

In 2017 assembly polls Congress emerged as the single largest party with 28 MLAs, Manipur assembly is 60-member assembly. Later around eight Congress MLAs left the party. BJP won 21 seats.

BJP got support from NPP and Naga Peoples Front (NPF) which won four seats each. One MLA each from Trinamool congress, Lok Jan Shakti party and lone independent member supported the government.

Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya will go to assembly polls in 2023, while assembly elections in Mizoram will be held in 2024.