Counting of votes in today's three North Eastern states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura has started from 8 AM. North East Assembly Election results 2018 in 3 NE states crucial for BJP's morale ahead of 2019 General Election.

Congress tries to stop recur of Goa, rushes senior leaders Kamal Nath, Mukul Wasnik to Meghalaya to form Govt.

Congress has rushed senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Kamal Nath and Mukul Wasnik to Meghalaya in order to reinforce the possibility of forming a government in the state. The Congress is ahead in 23 seats; NPP+ is leading in 14, BJP in 5 and others are ahead in 17 seats.

The BJP seems to be closing to form a government in Nagaland and emerging as the single largest opposition in Tripura. Though the result might be interpreted as a discontent for BJP given the attention it had given to Tripura to extort power, in sensible manner it is a surprising improvement to leap from zero to more than 20 seats. It points to an unpreventable fact that the BJP is now truly a pan-India party.

 “We are very confident, let more rounds of counting complete, our leads are going to get much bigger“, said Brinda Karat,CPI on Tripura Election2018

“Trends are encouraging, I am hopeful and confident that BJP will form the Govt in Tripura, “ said Himanta Biswa Sarma,BJP following early trends in Tripura Election2018