The decision to form Neda was taken hours after Sarbananda Sonowal took oath as Assam’s first BJP chief minister in May. Nagaland chief minister T.R. “The political objective of Neda is to have a non-Congress government in each state of the Northeast within a year. Picture by UB Photos Guwahati, July 13: The upbeat mood among BJP workers since morning for the launch of the North East Democratic Alliance (Neda) here was marred by the Supreme Court’s verdict on Arunachal Pradesh today. GROWTH-GOVERNANCE-GOVERNMENT TO DIRECT ALLIANCE EFFORTS Dignitaries listen to BJP national president Amit Shah (extreme right) speak at the North East Democratic Alliance conclave in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Source: The Telegraph July 13, 2016 22:41 UTC