By Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati : Amit Shah begins brainstorming for LokSabha elections at NEDA conclave in Guwahati. Due to  this Kalakshetra turns into powerhouse of BJP and its nine regional alliance parties of the Northeast. With an eye on the ensuing Lok Sabha elections slated for 2019, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) national president , Amit Shah arrived in Guwahati on Sunday. He is attending the third conclave of NEDA at Srimanta Shankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati on Sunday. The third political  conclave of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a platform of BJP and its nine regional alliance parties of the Northeast, is being held in Guwahati today. Earlier ,BJP national president Amit Shah was  accorded a warm welcome by Assam Chief Minister  Sarbananda Sonowal at the Lokapriya Gopinath bordoloi International Airport at Borjhar on the outskirts of Guwahati early Sunday morning . Shah drove straight to the venue of the NEDA conclave from the airport. According to top BJP sources, the NEDA political conclave in Guwahati is being organized  to draw up strategies for the upcoming Lok Saha elections. The BJP IS EYEING TO ROE IN AS many as 21 seats among the 25 Lok Saha seats in the north-eastern region. Notably , barring Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling and Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, all the other chief ministers of north eastern states are participating in the third political conclave of NEDA in Guwahati on Sunday. They are Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, Tripura Chief Minister Bipab Kumar Deb and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh , apart from Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Around 120 office-bearers of the Assam BJP unit including ministers and legislators are attending the NEDA conclave at Kalakshetra. On the other hand, BJP in-charge for the Northeast, Ram Madhav, national general secretary of the BJP Ram Madhav, national general secretary of the BJP Ram Lal , Union Minister of  State for Home affairs Kiren Rijiju, Northeast Zonal Secretary of the BJP Aja Jamwal