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The Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Tripura assembly elections for the second time, winning 32 seats on its own in the 60-member assembly...
The BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura alliance, which had wrested the Left fortress in 2018, extended its winning streak in the north-eastern state and overcame the challenge mounted by new entrant Tipra Motha and an aggressive Trinamool Congress...
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI) website, the Left-Congress alliance won 14 seats while the Tipra Motha bagged 13 in its electoral debut...
On behalf of the karyakartas of @BJP4Tripura , I heartily congratulate & express my gratitude to our dynamic PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, Hon'ble HM Shri @AmitShah Ji & our National President Shri @JPNadda ji for their relentless contribution behind this resounding victory, Saha tweeted following his victory...
Saha, a Congress leader who joined the saffron party half-a-dozen years back, defeated his former party's veteran leader Ashish Kumar Saha, by a margin of 1,257 votes despite detractors predicting a tough time for him in the prestigious constituency...
