Assam Chief Minister and North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) chairman Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura to attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the respective state governments next week.
Speaking to reporters at the Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport in Agartala Saturday, Sarma said: “There would be oath-taking in Meghalaya and Nagaland on March 7, and in Tripura on March 8. We have invited the PM.”
The BJP has secured a majority in Tripura while the saffron party won two seats in Meghalaya, where outgoing Chief Minister and National People’s Party chief Conrad Sangma Friday submitted a letter of support signed by 32 MLAs and staked a claim to form the new government.
In Nagaland, the BJP won 12 out of 20 seats that it contested and its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) secured 25 seats in the 60-member House.
Though none from the coalition has staked claim to form the new government as yet, the BJP has earlier made it clear that NDPP president Neiphiu Rio will continue as the chief minister.
