PM to address rallies in poll-bound Meghalaya, Nagaland tomorrow
February 21, 2018  16:48
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address election rallies in both Nagaland as well Meghalaya tomorrow to give a push to BJP's victory prospect in the two poll-bound north-eastern states. Both Meghalaya and Nagaland will vote on February 27.


The BJP is making a strong pitch in both the states to expand its footprints in the north-eastern states after the formation of saffron party governments in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.


The PM will address an election rally in the Tuensang district of Nagaland, about 360 km from capital Kohima, state BJP General Secretary Gaangsilung told PTI. There are six assembly seats in Tuensang district in the eastern part of Nagaland. BJP has fielded candidates on four seats while its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party nominees are in the fray on the rest two constituencies.


From here the PM will go to Meghalaya to address a rally in West Garo Hills district, considered as the Congress bastion since statehood in 1972. The rally at Phulbari town will be Prime Minister's second campaign meeting in the state to drum up support for the BJP candidates in the assembly elections.


Image: The PM in Nagaland in 2014 during the Hornbill Festival
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