New Delhi: Now the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is targeting a Christian dominated state-Mizoran when its president Amit Shah said that Mizoram would celebrate Christmas under a BJP government.

Kicking off the party’s campaign at Aizawl’s R Dengthuama Indoor Stadium, Shah said in an address to booth-level BJP workers in the state, “Seeing all the workers in this packed hall, I am confident that the next government will be of the BJP. After the counting of votes in Mizoram, it will be the 20th state government under the leadership of Narendra Modi.” Shah added that seven out of eight states in the Northeast already have a North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) government led by the BJP.

Christian-majority Mizoram, the last citadel of the Congress in the Northeast, will go to the polls on November 28. The BJP does not have any legislator in the 40-member Assembly. “In Nagaland, Meghalaya, wherever BJP contested, it won,” Shah said, adding that BJP was committed to protecting the culture and development of the region.

Shah, who also inaugurated the state BJP headquarters, said the BJP will contest all the 40 seats on its own.

“We will not go with the Congress or the Mizo National Front (MNF). We will fight all seats on the basis of the strength of our workers,” he said. The BJP president also inducted senior Congress leader BD Chakma into the party. In his address, Shah alleged that ~42,972 crore in developmental aid given to the state didn’t reach the people.

“Earlier, when Congress was at the Centre and Mizoram, the state received only ~19,974 crore in the 13th Finance Commission. After the BJP came to power in the centre, allocation was doubled to ~42,972 crore. The ~42,972 crore Modi gave has gone as an offering to corruption because of the corrupt state government,” he said.