Category: WEST TRIPURA

• AGARTALA
• JIRANIA
• MOHANPUR
• Khumulwng

CM Dr Saha who was in a door-to-door campaign with BJP candidate Papia Datta in 6-Agarala Assembly Constituency has claimed that people are happy with the BJP government in the state and in central.

A record number of over 43,000 security personnel, comprising Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), Tripura State Rifles (TSR) and state police would be deployed to provide security for the February 16 assembly polls in Tripura, officials said on Tuesday.

Day after the submission of nomination paper, the opposition CPI(M) party on Tuesday demanded the returning officer of the 53-Kailasahar assembly constituency in Unakoti district to disqualify the nomination of Md. Mabasar Ali as BJP candidate.

Ahead of the February-16 assembly elections, Tripura Police are confronting diverse challenges - drug menace, cross border movement of intruders, law and orders, providing security to the VVIPs to over 300 election candidates.

Submission of nomination papers by the candidates of different political parties across the state ended peacefully amid tight security and no untoward incidents were reported so far, said Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte on Monday evening.

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday said that talks on Naga political issues are going on with the Central government and the issue would definitely be resolved.

Just ahead of the February-16 elections, ruling BJP suffered a jolt as one more legislator of the party, Atul Debbarma resigned from the Tripura Assembly and the party on Monday.

Top BJP, Congress, CPI-M leaders including Tripura Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, state Congress President submitted their nomination papers on Monday, the last day of filling candidatures.

With the end of filing of nomination papers by the candidates of ruling BJP party and the oppositions, the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that the BJP will return to power in Tripura for development and peace.

“Our winning in the majority of seats is confirmed. We are confident that BJP will form the government again. I am receiving huge responses from door-to-door campaigns. People are happy and greet me with smiling faces which indicates the people have faith in us”, said CM Saha.

Accompanied by the Chief Minister of Assam Himata Biswa Sarma and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, the Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Monday filed his nomination papers from Town Bordowali constituency to contest in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

“BJP never do politics for benefits, we do politics for development. Our main agenda for election is more development works for people following the path of PM Modi”, said Dy CM.

“There alliance would not be a big issue for us. Congress is a big zero in the entire nation while CPIM is another big zero in the entire world and if you add them the result will be zero”, he told reporters.

Biswas, accompanied by party Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev and state party in-charge Rajib Banerjee, said that the party would announce the second list later on Sunday night or on Monday morning.

Disappointed leaders of both Tripura's ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have resorted to resignations, agitation, and even vandalisation of party offices in different districts to protest denial of tickets for the February 16 Assembly elections.

As the election is approaching, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha has intensified his door-to-door campaign in his 8 Town Bordowali Assembly Constituency and has claimed that BJP will win the 2023 assembly poll with a landslide victory.

For the past over five-and-a-half decades, tribal based parties in Tripura tried to play a crucial role in the state's politics but due to their issue based politics sans any ideology they became nonexistent after their issues were resolved or when they raised irrelevant demands.

“The IPFT party will contest from five assembly constituencies of 12-Takarjala (ST), 24-Ramchandraghat (ST), 26-Asharambari constituency (ST), 38-Jolaibari (ST), and 60-Kanchanpur (ST),” Dr. Saha told reporters.

As per report, the Excise Organization seized 475.965 litres of illicit liquor on 27-01-2023 throughout the State which value stands to Rs.1,59,363/-,3 nos. of cases have been registered for violation of Excise law.

The internal feud between CPIM and Congress has brewed ahead of the assembly election as despite having seat sharing between the parties, they have fielded their candidate in four seats out of 60 assembly seats.

Claiming that BJP will form government again in Tripura, the party chief Rajib Bhattacharya on Saturday informed that the party would declare its candidate for rest 12 seats by evening.

The All India Congress Committee has released its candidates’ names for the Tripura election today. On a notice general secretary of AICC Mukul Wasnik has field candidates in 17 seats.

Announcing the candidate lists from the party headquarter in Delhi, the party spokesperson Sambit Patra said that keeping in mind on empowering women; the BJP party fielded at least 11 women candidates for this upcoming election.

Campaigning in poll-bound Tripura, the West Bengal Mahila Morcha president and MLA Agnimitra Paul on Friday stated that the people of the state are desperate to bloom Lotus flower again for more and more development.

Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation Dipak Majumder today held the door to door campaign for Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha at Bordowali Assembly Constituency.