The National People's Party (NPP) will field 30 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, party’s State unit president Thangwang Wangham said in Itanagar, on March 1. He said the primary criteria for candidate selection would be their potential for winning.
"The main criteria for issuing tickets will be winnability factor of candidates. We will support the BJP government in the State and our Chief Ministerial candidate will be Pema Khandu," Mr. Wangham told PTI in an exclusive interview.