NPP party launches 'One voice, one Northeast' campaign on social media

Shillong, April 6, 2019:

The Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party (NPP) has launched its social media campaign to enlighten the electorates across Northeast on its agenda with the theme: “One Voice, One Northeast”. The party has prioritized rural economy, education, youth, and employment, promoting Northeast, education, environment and health as its key focus in their campaign: “Agenda for Northeast 2019”.

As per a party release, the three priorities of the party are to commit to the cause of indigenous people, minorities and the marginalized, to ensure that the indigenous people and the minorities assert their ‘political say’, and to push for a strong political voice from the region to safeguard the interest of the people of Northeast.

“There is a need to strengthen rural infrastructure in social sector including health and education and the party would continue to focus on the core priority and would work to create an enabling atmosphere to promote education and health care facilities in the rural areas of the region.”

On youth and employment, the campaign states: “There is a need to push and leverage our youth with a positive mindset, so that they can look beyond government sector and engage in activities, which will make them employable as well as make them entrepreneurs by way of which they would create jobs for many others as well."

On promoting Northeast, the party says that North East India is a kaleidoscope of cultural and linguistic diversity. Each state of the region has its distinctive heritage and tradition. It is a melting pot of indigenous communities and their faith. NPP envisages to promote and safeguard the interest of the indigenous people.

On agriculture and logistics, the party would lay its importance and thrust on the indigenous agricultural practices, which are climate-friendly and also replicate ideas and scientific interventions to boost agriculture.

On education, the party said in its campaign that quality of education has posed a major hurdle for development. For want of better education many communities, particularly the indigenous people are left behind. NPP stated that it has embarked upon a responsibility to touch the lives of the indigenous people in particular and the minorities of the country.

On the environment, the campaign says that climate change poses a real challenge to our society, our economy, and our national security and are committed to

On healthcare, The prevailing scenario of healthcare facilities in India is a major challenge for the people, especially those living below the poverty line and the marginalized section and the NPP party also seeks to address those issues.

It remains to be seen to what extent the party is successful in implementing these schemes in the grassroots levels in the North-east. The NPP party, meanwhile, has its eyes firmly set on the General elections as the party will contest the elections in all seven North-East states.