"PM Modi has changed the definition of politics": BJP chief JP Nadda
Apr 13, 2024
Chumukeidma (Nagaland) [India], April 13 : Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the definition and culture of politics through his ideas and work.
"I am happy that PM Modi has either laid the foundation stones or inaugurated projects to the tune of fifty-five thousand crores for the Northeast. Modi ji has changed the culture, definition, style and approach of politics," Nadda said in Chumukeidma.
Earlier, in a blow to the ruling alliance in the state, going into the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party leader James Kuotsu and former BJP leader Kidongam Panmei joined the Congress on Thursday in the presence of the party's state chief S Supongmeren Jamir.
"Kidongam Panmei, former executive member of the Ex-Service Cell and former General Secretary of the ST Morcha of the BJP state unit, and James Kuotsu, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader, formally joined the Congress today in the presence of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee president S Supongmeren Jamir," read a press statement issued by the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee.
Polling for the lone parliamentary constituency of Nagaland is scheduled to take place on April 19. The counting of votes has been scheduled for June 4. The ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state, while the Naga Peoples Front (NPF) came out victors in the 2014 polls.