Will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) end the Left government's 25-year run in Tripura? The counting will begin on Saturday for the voting held on February 18 for 59 Tripura assembly constituencies. The BJP, which fielded candidates on 51 seats, fought the elections with an alliance with the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) that fielded nine candidates. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, many senior BJP leaders vigorously campaigned in Tripura. The Communist Party of India- Marxist [CPI-M] won 49 out of the 60 assembly seats.

Source: dna March 03, 2018 01:52 UTC