Waiting for regionalism revival

Top regional parties of the north eastern region are holding a two days' convention  in Guwahati on Saturday to revive regionalism just six months before the Lok Sabha polls.     Convened by AGP, the conference began at the Hotel Brahmaputra Ashoka in the morning. Apart from SAP leader Surjit Singh Barnala, Nagaland chief minister Neiphu Rio and former Meghalaya chief minister Dr Donkuper Roy and former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta attended the convention. The close door meet of the regionalism torchbearers are understood to have formulate strategies to take on Congress and BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.