Non-Congress Alliance: Assam and Three Other NE States in Talks

Arunachal Pradesh CM Kalikho Pul with Assam CM Sarbanand Sonowal. (Photo: Anjana Dutta)

• The Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim met the national president of the BJP, Amit Shah on Tuesday and proposed that they join an alliance of non-Congress parties in the North East.
  
  
• The alliance will be called the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and it will be a part of the NDA, of which Himanta Biswa Sharma, the Governor of Assam has been declared convener.
  
  
• The NEDA’s objective will be all-round development of North East and better co-ordination among states in the region and the Central Government.