NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders have decided to contest all upcoming state elections together over the next two years.
The decision was made at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of all NDA leaders and chief ministers, shortly after the swearing-in of Delhi’s Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda attended the meeting.
The NDA’s first challenge will be the Bihar assembly elections, scheduled for October-November this year. The NDA alliance is currently in power in the state, and sources indicate that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will lead the NDA alliance in the polls. Other states, including West Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab, will also go to polls over the next two years.
BJP national general secretary and in-charge of Bihar BJP Vinod Tawde said, “NDA leaders resolved to fight assembly elections together, strongly and unitedly, in the states going to polls in the next two years.”
The meeting, attended by chief ministers of most BJP and NDA-ruled states, was marked by a sense of unity and camaraderie, with leaders emphasizing the importance of working together to drive the country towards PM Modi’s vision of a “Viksit Bharat”.
Others present at the meeting were Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and his deputy Pawan Kalyan, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, Goa CM Pramod Sawant, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, and Tripura CM Manik Saha.
