Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023 Electoral Narrative Depends On Naga Peace Talks

New Delhi:

Election Commission of India (ECI) Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023 The program has been announced on Wednesday. Accordingly, on February 27 for the 60-member assembly Voting (Assembly Elections 2023) Will happen. For this, a total of 1,189,264 voters will exercise their franchise at 2,315 polling stations. Nagaland The interesting thing from the point of view of politics is that at present the state assembly is a house without opposition. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio led by Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) And Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Has announced to contest the upcoming assembly elections on the pre-election seat-sharing formula of its 2018 time. That means NDPP will contest 40 and BJP 20 seats in the election season. The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has been left alone by the NDPP-BJP combine. According to the party’s general secretary Achhumbemo Kikon, the election preparations are in full swing and we will get good results in the upcoming elections. However, he has not ruled out a pre-poll alliance.

Demand for Frontier Nagaland will become the center of election season
In the 2018 assembly elections, the NDPP won 18 seats, while pre-poll ally BJP won 12 seats. Apart from these, NPF had won 26 seats, National People’s Party two and Janata Dal (United) one seat and one seat was won by an independent candidate. However, this time the shadow of the long-running peace talks is hovering over the election campaign. Seven tribes from six eastern districts, under the umbrella of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO), are demanding a separate frontier state of Nagaland. To create pressure, he has threatened to refrain from participating in any election process if the central government fails to fulfill his demand. In such a situation, talks are going on between the committee constituted by the Union Home Ministry and the ENPO. State Congress unit president K Theri said the party would contest all the 60 seats. However, he has not ruled out post-poll alliance with NPF and other like-minded secular parties.

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BJP is trying to increase its vote bank
The National People’s Party (NPP), which won two seats for the first time in the 2018 assembly elections, is also preparing to give a tough fight. State unit president Andrew Ahoto said the party is looking to contest 10-15 seats. Nagaland is yet to elect a woman representative to its 60-seat assembly. According to local political pundits
Naga peace talks, quality of roads, infrastructural development in the form of education and public healthcare are among the issues that could play an important role in the upcoming elections. However, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and BJP alliance is in a strong position. This time BJP is thinking of increasing its vote percentage. However, in November this year, the Nagaland BJP suffered a setback when three district presidents of the party joined the Janata Dal (United). In the backdrop of the demand for Frontier Nagaland, the 2023 assembly elections become very important.

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