In its 25 years of rule in Tripura, the Left front has ensured harmony among all sections of people and given them good governance, and there are no allegations against it, D Raja said.
The Tripura Assembly election results were a "blow" to the Left Front, which was expecting to retain power in the north-eastern state, at least with a thin majority, CPI general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy said today.
It is the victory Modi Government's achievements at the centre and the strategies and election management of party president Amit Shah and hard work of party workers, Yogi Adityanath said.
Yechury warned the people of Tripura that there would be unfavourable ramifications due to the use of money in elections.
In a series of tweets on the outcome of assembly polls in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, he said the victory of the BJP in Tripura is not an ordinary electoral victory.
PM Narendra Modi said his party's historic victory in Tripura is "as much an ideological one". He thanked the people of Nagaland for supporting BJP and its allies.
A jubilant Amit Shah said the BJP's golden era would be when its wrests West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka from rival parties.
The poll outcome in the north eastern states will have serious repercussions in national politics, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Sonowal also said the people of the northeast were taking the lead in making a "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress free India) and the results of the three Assembly elections in which Congress has been marginalised were a clear indication of it.
The party credited the favourable results in Tripura to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and people of the state's desire for change.
In Tripura, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partner, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, surged ahead of the ruling CPI-M-led Left Front in the counting of votes.
Demotivated from lack of empathy from central high command, party workers have been vocal about their plight
On the counting day, our senior journalists will bring to you all ground reports and indepth analysis.
"I thank brothers and sisters of Tripura for their massive support to BJP. This is the victory of PM @narendramodi’s politics of development and his commitment to the welfare of North-Eastern region of India," tweets the BJP president.
The BJP captured 35 seats on its own while its alliance partner the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) bagged 8 seats, giving the combine a two-thirds majority in the House.
While Tripura went to polls on Feb 18, voting in Meghalaya and Nagaland was held on Tuesday (Feb 27). Counting will begin from 8 am in all the states amid tight security, Election Commission officials said.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tripura State Secretary Bijan Dhar said the Left parties were "overconfident" of forming the next state government.
The political fight will definitely not be a cakewalk for the saffron party as all the three states are expected to see a tight contest with parties wanting to outshine each other.
While the tenure of Left-ruled Tripura Assembly ends on March 14, the tenure of Nagaland and Meghalaya Assemblies will end on March 13 and 6, respectively.
The ruling Left front in Tripura is likely to get 14-23 seats with vote share of 45-46 per cent, while AxisMyIndia poll predicted the Left to win 9-15 seats with a vote share of 40 per cent.
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