Tripura Assembly

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was impressed by the BJP's win in recent bypolls to two assembly seats which have sizeable minority voters.

BJP's Tafajjal Hossain, who wrested the minority-dominated Boxanagar Assembly seat in Tripura's Sepahijala district from the CPI(M) in the by-election by more than 30,000 votes is now the new poster boy of the saffron party.

The BJP has announced its candidates for the September 5 bypolls to Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly constituencies in Tripura's Sepahijala district, a party leader said in Agartala today.

Bypolls to seven assembly seats including the one vacated following the death of Congress veteran Oommen Chandy will be held on September 5, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.

Five MLAs of the opposition parties in Tripura were suspended for the day by the assembly speaker amid an uproar today.

The four-day monsoon session of Tripura Assembly will commence on July 7, Speaker Biswabandhu Sen said on Sunday.

Pradyot Debbarman, Tipra Motha chief, today said that the party will continue to be the main Opposition party in the Tripura assembly as will raise issues of the people.

Tripura BJP MLA Jadav Lal Nath, who was seen in a video allegedly watching porn on his mobile phone during the state assembly session, has an explanation for the embarrassing incident.

The incident reportedly took place when the assembly was discussing issues related to the state budget.

BJP MLA Biswabandhu Sen was today elected Speaker of the Tripura Assembly with 32 votes in the 60-member house as Tipra Motha Party, the main opposition, abstained from voting.

The re-elected Chief Ministers of the three northeastern states that went to Assembly polls recently called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi separately in the national capital, the first time after being sworn-in in their respective states.

Hours ahead of meeting the BJP leadership for talks on a possible alliance, Tripura's former royal and Tipra Motha leader Pradyot Manikya Debbarma tweeted this morning that he "has not compromised" and asked his followers to "wait and watch".

Manik Saha took oath for the second time as Tripura Chief Minister today after the BJP clinched a victory in the February 16 Assembly polls. Eight other ministers were sworn in today.

A week after it posted a comfortable win in Tripura, the BJP is learnt to have reached out again to tribal party Tipra Motha, which emerged as the big story in this Assembly election by winning 13 seats.

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Manik Saha will be the new Chief Minister of Tripura. The announcement was made after the party's legislature party meeting on Monday.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was impressed by the BJP's win in recent bypolls to two assembly seats which have sizeable minority voters.

BJP's Tafajjal Hossain, who wrested the minority-dominated Boxanagar Assembly seat in Tripura's Sepahijala district from the CPI(M) in the by-election by more than 30,000 votes is now the new poster boy of the saffron party.

The BJP has announced its candidates for the September 5 bypolls to Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly constituencies in Tripura's Sepahijala district, a party leader said in Agartala today.

Bypolls to seven assembly seats including the one vacated following the death of Congress veteran Oommen Chandy will be held on September 5, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.

Five MLAs of the opposition parties in Tripura were suspended for the day by the assembly speaker amid an uproar today.

The four-day monsoon session of Tripura Assembly will commence on July 7, Speaker Biswabandhu Sen said on Sunday.

Pradyot Debbarman, Tipra Motha chief, today said that the party will continue to be the main Opposition party in the Tripura assembly as will raise issues of the people.

Tripura BJP MLA Jadav Lal Nath, who was seen in a video allegedly watching porn on his mobile phone during the state assembly session, has an explanation for the embarrassing incident.

The incident reportedly took place when the assembly was discussing issues related to the state budget.

BJP MLA Biswabandhu Sen was today elected Speaker of the Tripura Assembly with 32 votes in the 60-member house as Tipra Motha Party, the main opposition, abstained from voting.

The re-elected Chief Ministers of the three northeastern states that went to Assembly polls recently called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi separately in the national capital, the first time after being sworn-in in their respective states.

Hours ahead of meeting the BJP leadership for talks on a possible alliance, Tripura's former royal and Tipra Motha leader Pradyot Manikya Debbarma tweeted this morning that he "has not compromised" and asked his followers to "wait and watch".

Manik Saha took oath for the second time as Tripura Chief Minister today after the BJP clinched a victory in the February 16 Assembly polls. Eight other ministers were sworn in today.

A week after it posted a comfortable win in Tripura, the BJP is learnt to have reached out again to tribal party Tipra Motha, which emerged as the big story in this Assembly election by winning 13 seats.

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Manik Saha will be the new Chief Minister of Tripura. The announcement was made after the party's legislature party meeting on Monday.