Kohima, Feb 11: Ahead of the Nagaland assembly polls on Feb 27, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Akuluto assembly constituency in Nagaland Kazheto Kinimi has won the elections uncontested.
Kazheto Kinimi was re-elected unopposed from the 31 Akuluto assembly seat after his only opponent and Congress candidate Khekashe Sumi withdrew his candidature. V. Shashank Shekhar, Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland said that the Congress candidate of the 31 Akuluto assembly seat N. Khekashe Sumi withdrew his candidature. February 10 was the last day of withdrawal of nominations for the assembly elections in Nagaland which will be held on February 27.,
Reacting to his win, Kazheto Kinimi said, "Beyond humbled and honoured to represent the people of Akuluto 31 A/C for a second term, as unopposed. I praise Almighty God for this privilege and extend my gratitude to my supporters, wellwishers, the karyakartas of Akuluto BJP mandal and Nagaland state BJP. This Victory is a confidence of people's faith in the dynamic leadership of our Hon'ble PM @narendramodi." The NDPP and BJP had contested the 2018 assembly polls in the state with a 40:20 seat ratio sharing formula and both parties are contesting this time also with the same formula.
Meanwhile, BJP national president JP Nadda is scheduled to launch the BJP manifesto for assembly elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya next week. He will be travelling to the northeast on two different occasions next week, a senior party official confirmed. The party official said that Nadda will be launching the party manifesto for upcoming Assembly polls in Nagaland and Meghalaya. Nadda visited Tripura to launch the party manifesto on Thursday (Feb 9) for the upcoming polls, slated to be held next week.
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