Big jolt for BJP as two ministers and six MLAs join NPP in Arunachal Pradesh

Thomas Sangma, National General Secretary, National People's Party (NPP): I'm delighted to welcome 8 sitting Minister and MLAs to our party. National People's Party will not form alliance with anyone. BJP's ideology is not right. It is not a secular party. #ArunachalPradesh pic.twitter.com/dWKqFlEtSn

— ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2019

K Waii, Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister on joining NPP: If BJP was the right party, I'd have been working for it. BJP says that for them country is first, party second & person third but they are doing dynasty politics. This is a secular state but BJP is an anti-religion party. pic.twitter.com/bh3EKdJ5sU

— ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2019

Since last week, there have been around 25 leaders across the Northeast who have resigned from the BJP, and either have joined the NPP or the Congress. On Tuesday, Tripura BJP vice president Subal Bhowmick resigned from the party and joined the Congress.

K Waii, Home Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, said after joining the NPP, “If BJP was the right party, I'd have been working for it. BJP says that for them country is first, party second & person third but they are doing dynasty politics. This is a secular state but BJP is an anti-religion party.”

For the Assembly election, Thomas Sangma has charted out his plan and said, “The NPP would now try to field candidates for at least 30-40 seats in the 60-member assembly. We will form our own government if we win in the seats.”

The recent flocking away of leaders and ministers across the political spectrum from the BJP could heart the prospects and plans of Amit Shah, who has been planning for a 20+ in the 24 seats in the entire Northeast.

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