<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In Assam, Droupadi Murmu, National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) presidential candidate held a meeting with the MPs and MLAs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) this evening to seek their support for the July 18 polls.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">She held the closed-door meeting with MPs, MLAs and party leaders of BJP and its allies in presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minister for Shipping, Port and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The BJP has 9 Lok Sabha and 4 Rajya Sabha MPs while the AGP and the UPPL have one member each in the Upper House. The 126-member Assam Assembly currently comprises 78 MLAs of the ruling NDA, 62 legislators of the BJP, nine of the AGP and seven of the UPPL.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) will also support the NDA candidate. The BPF has three MLAs.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>