 "BJP floats new platform for Northeast, Himanta Biswa Sarma made convenor")
Guwahati: Himanta Biswa Sarma, a former Congressman who is seen as number two in the new BJP government in Assam, was on Tuesday made convenor of a newly-floated North-East Democratic Alliance. [caption id=“attachment_2411828” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Former Congress leader Himanta Biswa Sarma. Image from Sarma’s Facebook page[/caption] The new platform of the BJP was formed for development of all northeastern states, hours after Sarbananda Sonowal was sworn-in as the 14th chief minister of Assam. The alliance was formed at a meeting chaired by BJP president Amit Shah and attended by Sonowal and his Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim counterparts Kalikho Pul, TR Zeliang and PK Chamling respectively, party sources said on Tuesday night. The meeting was also attended by BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav and BJP North East Zonal Organising secretary Ajay Jamwal, they added. “This alliance will be called North East Democratic Alliance. I congratulate Shri @himantabiswa on being declared as Convenor of NEDA,” Shah later tweeted. “Main objective of the NEDA will be all-round development of North East and better co-ordination among the states and central govt,” he said in another tweet. “CM of Assam,Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland and Sikkim proposed to join an alliance of non-congress parties in N.East,” he further said.
This alliance will be called North East Democratic Alliance.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 24, 2016
I congratulate Shri @himantabiswa on being declared as Convenor of NEDA.
Main objective of the NEDA will be all-round development of North East and better co-ordination among the states and central govt.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 24, 2016
CM of Assam,Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland and Sikkim proposed to join an alliance of non-congress parties in N.East. pic.twitter.com/wBuhdrleR1
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 24, 2016
Sarma, a former Tarun Gogoi aide who quit Congress last year and was a key strategist in BJP’s campaign, also took oath as minister on Tuesday.
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