New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda on Friday held deliberations with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and other party leaders over the assembly elections in the northeastern state early next year, sources said.

Besides Shah and Nadda, BJP general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh, the party's election incharge for Manipur and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav and incharge of party affairs in the state Sambit Patra were present in the meeting.

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The meeting started late evening, sources said, adding that a comprehensive analysis of the political situation in the state was done in the meeting.

It has been reported that the Conrad Sangma-led National People's Party (NPP), an ally of the BJP, is to go it alone and contest in majority of the seats in Manipur. The state has 60 assembly seats.

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At present, the NPP has four MLAs in Manipur and two of them are ministers in the BJP-led coalition government.

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