In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the people of Tripura have given a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance.
Apart from the scheduled security deployment, Tripura State Rifles and central armed police force have been deployed for the maintenance of law and order in areas adjoining the counting centers.
TMC has demanded total countermanding of the election alleging that it was "heavily rigged and reduced to a farce" by the ruling BJP.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal said that despite the court’s order of Thursday for providing unhindered access to the media to the election process, nothing was done.
Sharing multiple images and videos on Twitter, the TMC attacked the BJP for 'hooliganism'. "Democracy or Gunda Raj?" the party further asked, lashing out at Tripura's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
CPI (M) state secy Jiten Chaudhary also alleged that the ruling party was indulging in voter intimidation in south Tripura district and obstructing party workers from functioning freely.
A total of 5, 94,772 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the civic poll and the number of women voters outnumber male voters in urban areas.
Describing the situation in Tripura under the Biplab Deb-led BJP government as "atrocious", Banerjee wondered why the human rights commission was "not taking a note of the ongoing use of brute force" in the Northeastern state.
The Supreme Court has ordered enhanced security for Tripura government civic polls.
Saayoni Ghosh was granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in West Tripura.
Earlier today, a total of 16 TMC MPs including Derek O'Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Santanu Sen, and Mala Roy arrived at the party office in Delhi and held a protest outside the MHA.
The Trinamool Congress condemned the attack and claimed that BJP's "goons" were behind the attack. The party has urged Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb to arrest the culprits immediately.
Earlier today, the Tripura police detained West Bengal Trinamool Congress leader Sayani Ghosh for questioning following a complaint by a ruling BJP worker.
Saayoni Ghosh is the youth unit secretary of TMC West Bengal. She was earlier detained after being called in for questioning in a police station.
The court directed the Animal Husbandry Department as well as the state animal welfare board and the Agartala municipal corporation to make sure that unauthorized shops be closed with immediate effect.
The members of the civil society, who were part of a fact finding committee, have also challenged the Constitutional validity of some provisions of the UAPA.
The previous government used to charge an 18 per cent tax on the ATF. In November 2018, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government reduced the state's share of tax by 2 per cent and fixed it at 16 per cent.
Two Delhi-based journalists, on the request of the Tripura police, were arrested by the Assam police on Sunday, for "creating hatred between communities".
One of the two journalists, Samriddhi Sakunia, on Saturday tweeted that an FIR was registered against them under 3 sections of IPC at the Fatikroy police station, Tripura
The Prime Minister's Office said that over Rs 700 crore will be credited directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries on the occasion.
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