Northeast Desk, 9th June: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Nagaland has announced its strategy for the upcoming 2024 municipal and town council elections in the state. In a press release on June 8, BJP Nagaland State President Benjamin Yepthomi said the party has decided to field candidates based on certain arrangements after consultations with its alliance partner, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).
The BJP plans to nominate candidates in all wards of municipal and town councils falling under the 12 assembly constituencies where the party currently has sitting MLAs. However, it will refrain from fielding candidates in wards belonging to the 25 assembly segments represented by the NDPP, and vice versa.
In the 23 assembly constituencies not held by either the BJP or the NDPP, the two allies will engage in a “friendly contest” by fielding candidates against each other in the respective municipal wards.
Yepthomi stated that the BJP and NDPP will strive to accommodate each other’s candidates through mutual understanding, emphasizing the importance of the winnability factor.
This strategy has been devised in the “greater and common interest” of the People’s Democratic Alliance government in the state, which comprises the NDPP, BJP, and some independent MLAs.