Tripura Assembly elections 2018 News
Sarkar, however, will continue to be the caretaker Chief Minister until the new government sworn in.
On Saturday the party decimated the red bastion in Tripura - one of its last two citadels - and ousted the CPI-M from power after 25 long years.
The BJP said on Saturday it and its allies have got full majority in Meghalaya, where results have thrown up a hung Assembly.
The Left is now dramatically more vulnerable. On the other hand, BJP says ally IPFT will be a part of the new government.
The stunning saffron surge in the Northeast on Saturday decimated the Left in Tripura - one of its last two citadels - with the BJP ousting the CPI-M from power after 25 long years.
The stunning saffron surge in the Northeast on Saturday decimated the Left in Tripura - one of its last two citadels - with the BJP ousting the CPI-M from power after 25 long years.
The BJP on Saturday decimated the Left in Tripura - one of its last two citadels - and ousted the CPI-M from power after 25 long years.
PM Modi on Saturday called the BJP's impressive performance in Tripura Assembly polls people's answer to "fear, lies and confusion" being spread against his government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi revelled in his party's victory in the Tripura Assembly elections, and launched a scathing attack on the politics of the Left. He said the Northeast would show the way to the rest of the country when it comes to development.
BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday took a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the Assembly election results in three Northeast states.
In a major disappointment for the Congress, Meghalaya, which was once a party bastion, is heading towards a hung house.
The entire Congress vote share seems to have shifted to the BJP which garnered 42.8% of votes in 2018 elections, up from a meagre 1.54% in the 2013 polls.
Only if the BJP has won in West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha would he call it a golden age, Shah said.
The BJP who looks poised to form the government in the state stormed to power in alliance with the tribal-based IPFT outfit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the 'historic victory' in Tripura an ideological win and said that democracy had won over brute force.
The BJP on Saturday to stormed to power in Tripura in alliance with the tribal-based IPFT outfit.
Goa CM on Saturday congratulated PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for the party`s victory in Tripura.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally surged ahead of the Left Front in Tripura establishing a lead in 41 seats in the 59-seat elections. It is a close fight in Meghalaya with the Congress ahead in 20 seats and NPP is leading in 19 seats. In Nagaland, the ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) was ahead in 28 constituencies while the BJP and its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leading in 26 seats.
The 69-year-old chief minister has governed Tripura since 1998.
The biggest highlight of Sarkar’s tenure in Tripura is ending insurgency and bringing peace to the state.
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