Imphal: A day after the Manipur election results that threw up a hung assembly in the state, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday said the National People’s Party (NPP), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) have extended support to the party to form the next government.
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“We have been able to come to an understanding with the NPP and the Lok Janshakti Party in our bid to form the government in Manipur,” said Madhav.
The NPP and the LJP, both part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), have won four seats and one seat, respectively, which will add up to 26 with BJP’s 21—five short of the 31 seats required to form the Manipur government.
Madhav said that as per an “understanding” with another NDA partner Naga People’s Front, which has won four seats, the number would go up to 30 and the support of one more MLA would be “secured”.
The BJP general secretary had on Saturday said the NPF has issued a press statement wherein it said it was willing to form a non-Congress government in Manipur. The NPP’s Conrad Sangma said that the popular verdict was for a change in Manipur.
Asked who would be the chief minister in the event of a BJP-led coalition government, Madhav said that the party leadership would decide soon.
Madhav, the man behind the BJP’s turnaround in Manipur and Assam last year, said all political parties which have secured votes have an obligation toward the people. He hoped that all elected representatives will come together and support the BJP to help it form the Manipur government.
Manipur on Saturday threw up a hung assembly with the ruling Congress bagging 28 of the 60 seats and the BJP winning 21.
The Naga Peoples Front (NPF) and the National People’s Party (NPP) bagged four seats each. The Lokjanshakti Party, Trinamool Congress and an Independent candidate won one seat each.
The Congress had won 42 seats in the 2012 assembly. The BJP, on the other hand, had no members in the outgoing House.
