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Amit Shah sets target of 21 Lok Sabha seats for BJP from Northeast in 2018

Without naming former PM Manmohan Singh, Shah criticised him for allegedly not doing anything significant for the region despite being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam twice

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Amit Shah in Guwahati today

Press Trust of India Guwahati
Gearing up for the next general election, BJP President Amit Shah has set a target of 21 seats out of 25 parliamentary constituencies from the Northeast in Lok Sabha polls in 2019.
 
Addressing a rally of BJP booth unit chiefs here on Saturday, he asked the party members to work towards achieving this target. “I want to give a target for 2019 polls. We want to win more than 21 seats out of 25 seats from Northeast,” Shah said in the rally.
 
“Except Mizoram, all other states in NE are ruled by NEDA (North-East Democratic Alliance) constituents. So