NDPP would contest 40 of the 60 seats in the state assembly while the BJP would field candidates in the remain 20 seats. Photo: Hemant Mishra/MintKohima: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to forge an alliance with newly floated Nationalist Democratic People’s Party (NDPP) led by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio for the 27 February assembly poll in Nagaland. The BJP has dumped its 15-year-old alliance partner, the ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF). He said the NDPP would contest 40 of the 60 seats in the state assembly while the BJP would field candidates in the remain 20 seats. State BJP officials said the party’s grassroots workers were against the party forging any pre-poll alliance with anyone.

Source: Mint February 03, 2018 10:52 UTC