Morung Express News Dimapur | February 27 National Vice President, BJP ST Morcha, in-charge North East, Johnny Rengma on Monday exuded confidence that the BJP would form the next government in Manipur. He was addressing media persons in Dimapur after an extensive weeklong election campaign from February 21 to 25 in tribal areas of Manipur. “Almost 100 percent EPIC cards have been distributed to the electorate in tribal areas and I’m quite confident that the BJP will form the next government with absolute majority and will usher in peace and development,” Johnny said. He also said it was no more a surprise that BJP would form the government since the party wave has cleared the doubts of the electorate. Johnny expressed the hope that with the BJP coming to power in Manipur after the polls, people-to-people friendly and closer relations would be created with the Nagaland government. Asked whether any alliance was being forged with NPF, Johnny said that the party was fighting alone. He said that the NPF being the longest surviving regional party in Nagaland should remain a friendly party in Nagaland adding, “But I don’t know what necessitated it politically to have the party in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.” He expressed apprehensions that the NPF has antagonized and created more divisions among the tribal and that NPF-led Nagaland government cannot solve the Naga problem in Manipur. “The NSCN (IM) should understand its engagement with the BJP-led Government of India to resolve the Naga political issue and refrain their involvement with certain political parties in the elections in Manipur particularly tribal dominated areas,” the BJP leader added.
