AIZAWL: People of Mizoram do not have a right understanding of the BJP.

This was stated by BJP leader and Nagaland minister Temjen Imna Along in Aizawl, Mizoram.

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โ€œPerception that they (people of Mizoram) have about the BJP is not the right perception,โ€ said Nagaland minister Temjen Imna Along while speaking to ANI.

He said: โ€œBJP is a political party that is nationalistic in every way. I believe that Mizoram is yet to understand it.โ€

The BJP minister from Nagaland said that โ€œnationalist party like BJP is to be well understood by the people of Mizoram, especially the Mizosโ€.

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โ€œI think we (BJP) need to work harder and engage with them (people of Mizoram),โ€ said Along.

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Furthermore, taking a dig at the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), Nagaland BJP minister Temjen Imna Along said that the Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga led party โ€œhas no agendaโ€ going into the assembly elections in the state.

He said: โ€œI was surprised when MNF said that they are allying with the BJP only on issue-based. This shows that MNF has no agenda.โ€

โ€œPeople of Mizoram need agenda of development. I think people of Mizoram should impose their faith on BJP,โ€ the Nagaland BJP minister said.

It may be mentioned here that the MNF, which is a part of the national democratic alliance (NDA), has been accusing the BJP of playing โ€œdivisive politicsโ€.

Earlier, Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga had said that the MNF is โ€œnot afraidโ€ of the BJP or the alliance that it leads โ€“ the NDA.

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He also said that the MNF does not subscribe many of the policies of the BJP-led NDA, while terming them as โ€˜unacceptableโ€™.

โ€œWe (MNF) are a part of the BJP-led NDA, but I want to make it clear that we are not afraid of the NDA nor do we subscribe all of the policies of the alliance,โ€ said Mizoram CM Zoramthanga.