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Assembly polls 2023: Economic snapshots of 3 poll-bound northeastern states

Let us analyse the economic issues and present a brief political scene of the poll-bound states of Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya

Tripura Assembly elections: TIPRA Motha releases list of candidates

Earlier, on January 27, amid the buzz of a possible alliance with the ruling BJP, Pradyot Deb Barma clarified that 'no alliance' will be formed with anyone in the upcoming state Assembly polls

Tripura polls: BJP releases list of star campaigners including PM Modi

BJP announced its 54 candidates for the Tripura Assembly election on Saturday. Voting for 60 assembly seats is to be held on February 16

BJP releases list of 54 candidates for Tripura Assembly elections on Feb 16

The BJP on Saturday announced the names of its 54 candidates for the February 16 Tripura Assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Manik Saha from Town Bordowali and Union minister Pratima Bhoumik from Dhanpur again. Party leaders Anil Baluni and Sambit Patra named 48 candidates at a press conference at the BJP headquarters here and another list of six more was released later. The seats included some where the party's ally and tribal outfit Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) had contested last time. In Agartala, Chief Minister Manik Saha announced the seat-sharing deal with IPFT which has been allocated five constituencies, four less than what it got in the 2018 polls. Saha told a press conference that the BJP will contest in 55 constituencies. The IPF's power has considerably waned with the rise of TIPRA Motha - a regional party founded by former Congress leader and royal scion Pradyot Deb Barman. The BJP had reached out to the TIPRA leadership for a tie-up but the regiona

BJP top brass meets to finalise candidates ahead of Tripura polls

Top leaders of the BJP including party chief J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others met here on Thursday to finalise candidates for the upcoming Tripura assembly elections. The meeting was also attended by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, BJP's state incharge Mahesh Sharma and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb. Earlier in the day, BJP's Tripura unit core group members met at party leader and northeast incharge Sambit Patra's residence. The BJP is likely to finalise its candidates for the Tripura assembly elections on Friday in its central election committee meeting. The 60-member Tripura assembly will go to polls on February 16. The last date for filling nominations is January 30. The counting of votes will be taken up on March 2. In 2018, the BJP formed the government for the first time in Tripura, ending the 20-year run of the CPI(M).

Poll official suspended for 'defacing' PM Modi's photo in Tripura

A sector officer of Sabroom assembly constituency in poll-bound Tripura has been suspended for allegedly "defacing" a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a drive to remove hoardings and banners from public places, an official said. The action was taken a day after the ruling BJP had urged the Election Commission to take steps against poll officials who defaced PM Modi's photograph in banners and hoardings put up in public places in the state, instead of removing them. It appears that the sector officer went beyond the model code of conduct and applied black colour on a poster inside a private shop. Therefore, it is decided that the officer shall be put under suspension and disciplinary proceedings shall be initiated against him as per the relevant rules, Additional Chief Electoral Officer UJ Mog said in a letter to the district magistrate of South Tripura on Tuesday. State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath said the Election Commission has taken the acti

3 EC special observers to visit Tripura today to review poll preparedness

Three special observers of the Election Commission will arrive in Tripura on Monday to review preparedness and security arrangement for the upcoming assembly elections in the northeastern state, a senior official said. Three special observers - Yogendra Tripathy, Vivek Johri and B Murli Kumar - will hold meetings with officials on Tuesday to take stock of the election preparations and other poll-related issues, Additional CEO Subhasish Bondhyapadyay said. They will have separate meetings with district magistrates (DMs) and superintendents of police, he said, adding that the special observers are scheduled to leave for another poll-bound state Meghalaya on January 27. Tripathy is the general observer while Johri will see police-related issues and Murli Kumar will observe expenditure. So far, around 200 companies of central paramilitary forces have arrived in the northeastern state and have been engaged in confidence-building measures across the state, the poll official said. If ...

Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland: Finding true Northeast on election compass

The three poll-bound Northeastern states may be small in terms of their electoral size but hold larger political significance. Aditi Phadnis looks at the political state of play in these states

TMC will not join CPM-Cong alliance in Tripura, Mamata to visit on Feb 6

The Trinamool Congress will not join the CPI(M)-Congress alliance in the ensuing Tripura Assembly election, a senior party leader said on Sunday. Tripura Trinamool Congress president Pijush Kanti Biswas said TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister will arrive in Tripura on February 6 to campaign for party candidates. "The TMC is not going to forge any electoral understanding with the CPI(M)-Congress combine in the ensuing Tripura Assembly elections because many Congress leaders and workers who had suffered during Communist regime will not vote for their own party", said Biwas. "Our assessment is that the CPI(M)-Congress initiative will face the similar fate what had happened in West Bengal Assembly election in 2021, that's why we will keep our distance from it", he said. Biswas said "Trinamool Congress will contest the election in the seats where the party has a chance to win and TMC's doors are open for other parties for electoral understanding." He said Trinamool Congress sup

Manik Saha holds campaign in Agartala, says people have faith in BJP

'A lot of development has taken place in Tripura which includes new highways, internet, waterways, and infrastructure'

PM Modi greets people on statehood day of Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people of three northeast states -- Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya -- on their statehood day

Election Commission orders probe into attacks on Cong bike rally in Tripura

The incident took place hours after the announcement of the Tripura assembly poll schedule on Wednesday

Tripura: CPM, Congress to hold rally under 'democratic, secular' banner

Those who will join the rally will not carry flags of any political party, CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman

Attacks on Congress bike rally in Tripura, several party workers injured

The Cong claimed that 15 party workers and functionaries were injured after a group of BJP-backed goons allegedly attacked them during a bike rally at Tripura's constituency

'Vote-from-home' for senior citizens, people with disability: Tripura CEC

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tripura asserted on Wednesday that senior citizens and persons with disabilities would have the option to vote from home

BJP youth wing to launch 'Sampark Yatra' in border villages from Jan 20

According to the report, they will go to the border villages in Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura to study the development works carried out by the PM Modi-led Central government

ECI to announce poll schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura today

CEC Rajiv Kumar said that over 13.9 lakh electors are registered in Nagaland and over 30,000 first-time voters are set to participate in the forthcoming state Assembly polls

Congress holds talks with CPI-M on seat adjustments in Tripura polls

As per their earlier announcements, the CPI-M and the Congress on Friday held discussions on seat adjustments and contesting the upcoming Tripura Assembly elections together

Nadda to arrive in Tripura for BJP's Jan Vishwas Yatra on Jan 12: CM

Claiming that the BJP's Jan Vishwas Yatra' has so far received an overwhelming response from the people ahead of the Tripura assembly elections due this year, Chief Minister Manik Saha said the party's national president J P Nadda is all set to join the eight-day programme on January 12. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had on January 5 launched the programme in the state. We have received an overwhelming response from the people as we expected. Citizens of the state were seen coming out of homes and blowing conches to support the yatra. It is a festival-like situation. Our national president JP Nadda will participate on the concluding day of the programme on January 12, Saha said. He also said the Jan Vishwas Yatra', which is being described as Rath Yatra' in Tripura, is scheduled to end at Umakanta ground here on Thursday where the party's national president will address a gathering. Nadda ji will land at MBB airport on January 12 at 11 am and move to Lankamura, a border village on

Ensure free and fair elections in Tripura, says Manik Sarkar to EC

Asking the Election Commission (EC) to ensure free and fair elections in Tripura, former chief minister Manik Sarkar alleged the poll panel set a bad precedent in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the last by-elections as people could not vote freely. His comment came just two days before the scheduled arrival of the full bench of the EC in the state to review preparedness for the assembly polls. "You have set a bad precedent in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and by-elections to the four assembly constituencies in Tripura. Genuine voters could not exercise their franchise freely on these two occasions," Sarkar said, addressing a programme organised by CPI(M)-backed trade union CITU at the Vivekananda Ground here on Sunday. He claimed that when the CPI(M) tried to draw the attention of EC functionaries to the alleged misconduct of BJP workers, "the EC officials said they were not responsible for what happened outside polling stations and the police would look into such grievances". "This time,