Guwahati: Ten regional parties of  the North East  today formed a common political platform known as North East Regional Political Front.
Talking to newsmen in Guwahati, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and President of Asom Gana Parishad Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that   the Front will work  to safeguard the social, political ,economic and ethnic identity of the people of the region.
Both the leaders said that the Front  adopted 17 resolutions today including constitutional safeguard of the indigenous people and repeal  of the Arms Forces Special Power act. On the issue of coalition with UPA or NDA in the next Lok Sabha polls, Mr. Rio said that it is too early to comment.
Paban Chambling, the Chief Minister of Sikkim , Donkoper Roy, former Chief Minister of Meghalaya and Joram Thanga ,former Chief Minister of Mizoram have been nominated as the Advisors of the Front.