Tripura is the first state to go to the polls this year. While polling for Nagaland and Meghalaya assemblies will be held on February 27, five more states face elections this year in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Tripura will go to the polls on Thursday in a multi-cornered contest in which the ruling BJP is facing a challenge from Left-Congress combine besides Tripra Motha. Trinamool Congress has also put up candidates on several seats.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday came down heavily on Opposition parties in poll-bound Tripura, claiming that decades of 'misrule' by the Congress and the Left made the Northeast one of the 'least developed' regions in the country.
Addressing public meetings at Ambassa and Radhakishorepur, PM Modi said that the BJP is committed to honouring the pride of tribals and to their overall development
PM Modi was addressing a public rally in Radhakishorepur and he said that the governments, which ruled Tripura for years, made the life of people, including the poor, Scheduled Tribes (STs), women and youth, miserable.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and CPI(M) in Tripura, and said that during their governments, anarchy reigned supreme while faith and saints were disrespected and infiltrators were let in the state.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in poll-bound Tripura, claiming that they were like musical instruments that were broken beyond repair.
"Tribal society has made a huge contribution to India's freedom. What have CPIM and Congress done for the tribal society? Now Congress and CPIM are fighting together in Tripura. Zero and zero together will remain zero," he said while asserting that both CPIM and Congress will be wiped off fr
The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured Bilkis Bano, who challenged the pre-mature release of 11 convicts for gang-raping her and murdering her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots, that her plea against the remission granted to 11 convicts will be heard soon.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday came down heavily on the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Congress in poll-bound Tripura and said that both the parties have discarded interests of the people and the state.