“I am deeply concerned with the role of the police, because we have seen a similar case in Charilam, where our party activist Shahid Miah was killed and his body was not allowed to be brought in the party office for paying last respect,” Sarkar said.
In view of the sporadic incident of post-poll violence in some parts of the state, the Chief Electoral Officer of the state election commission Kiran Gitte on Saturday appealed to all the political parties to maintain law and order situation and ensure zero-post poll violence.
The opposition CPI(M) and the Left front on Saturday alleged a ‘ferocious’ attack on the party workers and leaders and demanded for a special police post and mobilisation of additional para-military forces to contain the deterioration of law and order.
A total of 13 Rohingyas, including three children, along with two Bangladeshi nationals and an Indian middleman were arrested from the Agartala railway station after they illegally entered India and were about to board a Kolkata-bound train, officials said on Saturday.
The official said that 89.17 per cent of the 13,99,289 women voters and 86.12 per cent of the 14,15,233 men voters cast their votes in Thursday's balloting. Voter turnout was 91.82 per cent and 89.38 per cent in 2013 and 2018 Assembly elections, respectively.
Speaking on the issue, Papia said yesterday after the election, some cadres of CPIM adopted by MLA Sudip Barman has launched an unprovoked attack on around nine BJP workers after they came home.
Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday accused CPIM and Congress-backed miscreants of unleashing a series of attacks on BJP workers yesterday later at night across Tripura.
Addressing a post-election press conference at CM’s residence, Chief Minister Dr Saha claimed that after this government was formed a flow of change was prevailing in the state which was clearly seen in the election.
All the political parties including BJP, CPIM and Congress have said that the election held peacefully while some of them have alleged of stray incidents across the state. Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha today said this time BJP will form government again with full majority.
The polling percentage in Thursday's Assembly elections in Tripura would be around 92 per cent, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said. Voter turnout was 91.82 per cent and 89.38 per cent in 2013 and 2018 Assembly elections, respectively.
Opposition parties, including the CPI-M and the Congress, complained that at several places, including Santirbazar, Hrishamukh, Dhanpur and Kakraban, the ruling party workers obstructed the voters supporting the opposition parties.
The Election Commission has seized drugs, cash, and freebies worth over Rs 147 crore in Tripura, where Assembly elections were held on Thursday, and Nagaland and Meghalaya, which will go to the polls on February 27, officials said.
Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said that wherever the authority got any information of any trouble, the security forces immediately rushed to the areas and resolved the problems.
The Bru families migrated from Mizoram to Tripura and enrolled in the electoral roll in the state of Tripura on Thursday casts their votes for the first time after two decades for the state assembly election on Thursday.
The Chief Electoral Officer Kiren Gitte on Thursday afternoon said, “For the first time in the history of Tripura the election commission has allowed more than one polling agents in all the polling stations.
Over 32 per cent voter turnout was registered till 11 a.m. on Thursday in the Tripura Assembly polls which are underway in all the 60 constituencies amid tight security, election officials said.
Around 14 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 a.m. on Thursday in the Tripura Assembly polls conducted in all the 60 constituencies amid tight security, election officials said.
Modi tweeted: "Urging the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I specially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise."
The CEO said that of the 259 candidates, the highest number of 55 candidates have been put up by the ruling BJP, followed by CPI(M) (43), Tipra Motha Party (42), Trinamool Congress (28), and Congress (13).
A total of 14,005 Reang tribals, displaced from Mizoram 26 years ago following ethnic troubles, will cast their votes for the first time in Tripura on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said that its 5G services are now live in all states in the north-east region and existing data plans will work on 5G until the roll-out is complete.
Justice Jaswant Singh was on Thursday sworn-in as the seventh Chief Justice of Tripura High Court at a simple ceremony in the Raj Bhavan in Agartala. Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath of office to Justice Singh at a function here.
A multi-cornered contest would be witnessed in 57 seats and a direct contest between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress-Left alliance in three remaining Assembly segments as Tripura goes to crucial polls on Thursday.
Tripura Womens Commission chairperson Barnali Goswami was physically assaulted allegedly by BJP workers, including some elected councillors, at Dharmanagar in north Tripura on Tuesday.
In view of the forthcoming Assembly elections, the governments in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya declared paid holiday on the day of polling to enable the employees of government and private organisations to cast their votes.
