New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Several BJP and RSS leaders todaymet at the residence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh here tohold deliberations on the upcoming assembly polls in threenortheastern states -- Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Besides Singh, Krishna Gopal, a senior RSS functionary,and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, who oversees his party'saffairs in the Northeast, were among the leaders present atthe meeting.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval also attended themeeting.
Though details of the deliberations were not immediatelyclear, sources said the political situation in the region wasat the centre of the discussion.
In Tripura, where the stakes are high for the BJP, theparty is likely to ally with the Indigenous People's Front ofTripura (IPFT), which represents a section of the state'stribal population.
The Union home minister had recently assured it offorming a high-powered committee to look into their demandsaimed at protecting and promoting socio-economic and culturalinterests of the state's indigenous population.
Though the IPFT has long sought a separate state fortribals, the BJP leadership has made it clear that it does notsupport the demand.
Following Singh's assurance to the IPFT leadership, itspresident N C Debbarma had on Thursday announced a tie-up withthe BJP for the polls. The BJP is yet to make an announcement.
Debbarma had said his party would keep the separate statedemand in abeyance for now as the central government hadagreed to examine their problems and take corrective measures.
The BJP has emerged as the main challenger to the rulingLeft Front in Tripura.
In Meghalaya and Nagaland, two Christian-majority states,the BJP hopes to put up a good performance, especially in theformer, where the Congress is in power. The Naga People'sFront, which is in power in Nagaland, is a BJP ally. PTIKR/PLBSMN.
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