BJP national President Rajnath Singh will be

campaigning in Tizit of Mon district on February 19. Singh is likely to be last BJP national leader campaigning in Nagaland. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is the overall star campaigner for the ruling Naga People�s Front (NPF), the only party to field candidates in all the 60 seats. NPF President Dr. Sh�rhozelie, who had vacated the present seat Northern Angami-I for his son Khriehu Liezietsu is also accompanying Rio to some districts, but mostly concentrating in state capital, which has seven seats. Rio is reaching all the district headquarters and even the assembly constituencies promising to the electorate that resolution of Naga political issue tops his agenda while slamming the opposition Congress of betraying the Naga people. Among local leaders, CLP leader Tokheho Yepthomi is leading the campaign front against the NPF-led DAN government harping on allegations of misrule, misgovernance and siphoning of public fund. Other star campaigners were Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki, former Nagaland Chief Minister and Governor of Goa and Maharashtra, Dr. S C Jamir and former deputy CM I. K. Sema. Despite comfortably running the government with 59 MLAs during 1998-2003 (9th Assembly), Congress had managed to win only 19 seats in 2003 and 23 in 2008 elections, which was again reduced to 19 following the resignation of four of its elected members in 2009. Congress has been assuring the Naga people that it would cooperate with all sections of Naga people towards finding an early solution to the vexed Naga political issue and also bring �sea of change� in the development sector. BJP had made entry into the state politics in 2003 elections having won seven seats and joined the NPF in forming the government. However, it was reduced to 2 in the 2008 elections, but subsequently both their candidates aligned with the ruling NPF in 2009. BJP has now entered into pre-poll alliance with NPF and JD(U). Rio is also taking the advantage of Congress leader Chingwang Konyak resigning and joining his election campaign against the Congress party.