Election Result 469: The counting of votes for the assembly elections held in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya will be held on March 2, on which the whole country is watching. . Meanwhile, the statement of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma has come to the fore. He has said that there will be no hung assembly in either Tripura, Nagaland or Meghalaya and claimed that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will form the government in all the three northeastern states with absolute majority. Let us tell you that many ‘exit polls’ have predicted a hung assembly in Tripura and Meghalaya.
)North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor Sharma said that none of the NDA partners will forge an alliance with the Congress or the Trinamool Congress after the results are declared. He said that there will be no hung assembly. NDA will form government in all the three states. Many ‘exit polls’ have predicted a hung assembly in Tripura and Meghalaya, although according to this, the NDA will be the largest group. Exit polls have predicted NDA to return to power with absolute majority only in Nagaland.
Status quo will remain in Tripura and Nagaland
) When asked about the Chief Ministerial candidates in the three states, he said that status quo will remain in Tripura and Nagaland. This put an end to speculations claiming that a change of leadership could be seen in Tripura. Sharma said that Tripura will have a BJP chief minister, while we are in a coalition government in Nagaland. He said the chief minister for Meghalaya would be decided after considering the number of seats won by the BJP. The BJP has not entered into a pre-poll alliance with any party in the state, although it has an understanding with the NPP. Sharma said that however there would be no alliance with TMC or Congress in any state.
At present, Tripura has a BJP chief minister, while Nagaland and Meghalaya have governments respectively The Nationalists are led by the Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the National People’s Party (NPP). Elections were held in Tripura on 27 February and in Nagaland and Meghalaya on 27 February. Results will be declared on 2nd March.
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