Tripura election 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Congress and Left made a rare alliance to fight the ruling BJP. TMC and aother regional parties also trying their electoral luck in the state.
Tripura assembly elections: Newly formed political party has decided to go solo and hopes to sweep the 20 tribal-dominated seats that hold the key to power in the northeastern state that has a 60-member assembly election.
Tripura Assembly elections 2023: The polling to the 60 Assembly constituencies will be held on February 16 and counting will take place on March 2 in the state.
Tripura Assembly Election 2023: Of the total 47 seats, the CPI(M) will contest 43, while other Left partners- CPI, RSP, Forward Bloc- will field one candidate each, Left Front convenor Narayan Kar said at a press meet.
Tripura assembly elections: As per the latest notification, candidates will be allowed to submit their nomination papers till January 30.
Tripura assembly elections: The Chief Electoral Officer of the state said the "vote-from-home" option would only be given to senior citizens above 80 years of age.
The Tripura Assembly election is due in next year in the northeast state. Congress and CPI(M) are making effort to regain their lost electoral ground in the hilly state.
According to Barman, the BJP-led Tripura government has failed miserably to live up to the people's expectations.
As many as 10 (29 per cent) out of 35 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs face criminal charges. Of these 10, eight face serious criminal cases such as attempt to murder or causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty, among other charges.
The BJP has emerged as the main challenger to the ruling Left Front, which has been in power in the state for the last 25 years.
The 60-seat assembly will see a direct contest between ruling Left and new entrant BJP, as the main Opposition party of the state Congress gasps for funds, leadership and volunteers.
Shah assured the voters that the promises made in the party's election manifesto released yesterday would be implemented.
Without naming Rahul Gandhi, he alleged that the Congress chief had put up candidates as 'vote-katva' (cutting into others' votes) to help the CPI(M) government headed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to come back to power.
Addressing a poll rally in Sonamura -- located around 50 km south-west of Agartala, the PM said that his government was working with all sincere efforts to develop northeast.
Election for the 60-member Assembly will be held in the state on February 18 and counting of votes will take place on March 3.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said "lotus will bloom" in Tripura after the Assembly polls as the people of the state are "disenchanted" with the "corrupt" Left Front government.
Presenting BJP ruled states - Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh - as examples of development, Rajnath mocked the ruling CPIM saying that the majority of residents in Tripura could not afford a cycle even after 25 years of its rule.
Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed that the BJP would defeat the Marxists in the Assembly poll.
Polling in Tripura will take place on February 18, while Meghalaya goes to polls on February 27. The counting of votes in both the states will be held on March 3.
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