Tripura Local Body Elections

Even though Trinamool Congress has claimed that it secured the second position in terms of votes polled in Tripura's urban body polls, it is actually the CPI-M that finished ahead of the Trinamool, state Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.

People of Tripura have given a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today as he lauded the BJP's sweeping victory in the state's local body polls.

The ruling BJP on Sunday swept the civic body elections in Tripura, having won all the seats of the 51-member Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and clinching several other urban local bodies.

The Tripura civic elections began at 7 am today amid claims by the opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), and the Trinamool Congress that workers of the ruling BJP are going around on motorcycles and intimidating their candidates.

Trinamool Congress leaders Thursday sat on demonstration in front of Tripura police headquarters in capital city Agartala after a party candidate - for the ensuing Municipal elections - was allegedly attacked by miscreants in city in broad day light.

Amid allegations of pre-poll violence and intimidation by opposition parties in Tripura, the ruling BJP won 112 of the 334 seats uncontested in the Agartala Municipal Corporation or AMC and 19 urban local bodies ahead of the November 25 elections.

The Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) today announced that elections in 10 municipalities will be held on December 22. Along with the election to the 10 municipalities, by-elections will also be held for vacant seats in five other urban local bodies including the Agartala Municipal Corporation on December 22, it said.

Opposition CPI-M and Congress have urged the Tripura State Election Commission to defer the September 30 panchayat polls as there is "no democratic atmosphere" for free and fair local bodies' elections.

Even though Trinamool Congress has claimed that it secured the second position in terms of votes polled in Tripura's urban body polls, it is actually the CPI-M that finished ahead of the Trinamool, state Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.

People of Tripura have given a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today as he lauded the BJP's sweeping victory in the state's local body polls.

The ruling BJP on Sunday swept the civic body elections in Tripura, having won all the seats of the 51-member Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and clinching several other urban local bodies.

The Tripura civic elections began at 7 am today amid claims by the opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), and the Trinamool Congress that workers of the ruling BJP are going around on motorcycles and intimidating their candidates.

Trinamool Congress leaders Thursday sat on demonstration in front of Tripura police headquarters in capital city Agartala after a party candidate - for the ensuing Municipal elections - was allegedly attacked by miscreants in city in broad day light.

Amid allegations of pre-poll violence and intimidation by opposition parties in Tripura, the ruling BJP won 112 of the 334 seats uncontested in the Agartala Municipal Corporation or AMC and 19 urban local bodies ahead of the November 25 elections.

The Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) today announced that elections in 10 municipalities will be held on December 22. Along with the election to the 10 municipalities, by-elections will also be held for vacant seats in five other urban local bodies including the Agartala Municipal Corporation on December 22, it said.

Opposition CPI-M and Congress have urged the Tripura State Election Commission to defer the September 30 panchayat polls as there is "no democratic atmosphere" for free and fair local bodies' elections.