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The Hindu Bureau

BJP factor behind ‘merger’ of Nagaland parties

Preventing the BJP from “taking advantage” of a possible split in their votes may have made most MLAs of one regional party to “merge” with another in Nagaland.

On April 29, all but four of the 25 MLAs of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) switched over to the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). Both are allies of the BJP in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) government.

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