NEDA convenor stretches Amit Shah's assertions to endear BJP with Christians in Mizoram

Expanding on Amit Shah's assertion that Mizoram will celebrate the next Christmas under a BJP government, senior party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the saffron party has never been a danger to the Christian community and would never be so in future.

Addressing party workers at the BJP office, Atal Bhawan, in Aizawl Thursday evening, Sarma, who is BJP's election in-charge of Mizoram, said all religious communities have peacefully co-existed in BJP-ruled states in the north-east region.

"The saffron party has never been a danger to Christians and would never be so in future," said Sarma, Assam's finance minister and convener of North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA).

NEDA is a political coalition formed by the BJP and regional political parties of the northeastern states in 2016.

Addressing a statewide booth-level workers meeting in Aizawl on Wednesday, Shah, pointing to a huge gathering, said, "After seeing so many of you here, I am reassured that the next Christmas Mizoram celebrates will be a Christmas under a BJP government."