Shillong, Feb 06: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed confidence that it would win between 10 and 15 seats and lead the next government in Meghalaya.

The BJP made this claim after a number of its candidates filed their nominations on the fifth day of filing of nomination papers here on Tuesday.

“We will lead the next government in Meghalaya,” BJP leader and former legislator from Pynthorumkhrah A. L. Hek told reporters after filing his nominations.

Hek was accompanied by BJP national spokesperson in-charge Meghalaya, Nalin Kohli.

Meanwhile Kohli said that the response the BJP got from around the state was “phenomenal” and the time for change and time for BJP was very clear whether in Jaintia Hills, Khasi Hills or Garo Hills especially Shillong where the party has outstanding candidates.

Stating that the coming election will be a massive one for the party, Kohli said the BJP will be leading and forming the government in Meghalaya as the Lotus always bloom out of the depth whatever be the dirt to the top.

“The lotus for us is symbol of good governance, a symbol of promises to be delivered for the welfare of the people,” he said adding the BJP is not like the Congress which is running away from a track record of what they have not delivered.

On the reason behind the BJP fielding candidates only in 47 out of 60 seats, the BJP national leader said, “We decided to field based on massive exercise of assessment at the state level, assessment by central leaders and on our own inputs to see who are the candidates who can put up a credible fight.”

“We don’t fight as tokenism. We fight credibly and want to state clearly that the mood of the people of Meghalaya is to remove the Congress which for 15 years has a track record of un-kept promises, vote for the best candidates. We always said that we will find a majority seats. 47 seats is the vast majority of 60 seats,” he added.

Asked how the party will remove the perception that the BJP is a communal party, Kohli said that the BJP believed in “sabka sath sabka vikas” and the PM Narendra Modi swears only by one book and that is the Constitution of India.

The constitution makes us all equal citizen, it allows us to practice our own faith, without any interference, he said adding the constitution also allows us to live our lives and eat what we want and it does not permit any kind of interference.

“Our agenda is to prevent the Constitution in letter and spirit and the people of Meghalaya will see through the divisive agenda of the Congress which fight this election on their own and unkept promises of corruption, but want to create a false perception that the BJP is a divisive party,” he stated.