Edited By: Pathikrit Sen Gupta
Last Updated: March 02, 2023, 23:59 IST
Assam chief minister and BJP chief Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File pic: Twitter/@himantabiswa)
Observers say Himanta Biswa Sarma has handed this examination with flying colors and he turns into extra necessary nationally following these outcomes
He is named the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “Mr Dependable” in the Northeast. Some also call him “Chanakya of the East”. For the final two years, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) chief Himanta Biswa Sharma labored laborious in Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland to develop his get together’s affect. Elections in these three states of the Northeast have been a status battle for the saffron get together and Biswa Sarma himself. He was a key strategist behind the formation of the earlier coalition governments in Meghalaya and Nagaland.
These three states have been additionally his duty this time, say BJP sources.
“For the final two months, nearly 20 conferences in 3 states every…that was his routine,” said a senior BJP leader. “After that, he used to sit for strategy meetings which would continue till 2am.”
Tribal votes have been an enormous issue and Biswa Sarma himself reached out to Tipra Motha in Tripura, stated sources. When the alliance didn’t materialise, he was the one who stored the BJP’s alliance with the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) alive.
The characters of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland are fairly totally different. For occasion, there was a Christian vote consider Meghalaya and Nagaland. And Biswa Sarma ensured that was a part of the BJP’s technique for the polls, stated get together insiders.
The Assam chief minister has good relations with most different events within the Northeast, significantly National People’s Party (NPP), Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), Tipra Motha, and so forth.
Sources say Conrad Sangma met Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, the day earlier than the ballot outcomes.
After the outcomes have been clear, the Assam CM tweeted.
He later additionally tweeted about Conrad Sangma reaching out to the BJP.
Sri @SangmaConrad , Chief Minister of Meghalaya, known as @AmitShah ji, Hon’ble Home Minister, and sought his assist and blessings in forming the brand new Government..— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 2, 2023
Sangma too later took to the social media website.
Observers say Himanta Biswa Sarma has handed this examination with flying colors and he turns into extra necessary nationally following these outcomes.
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