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Currently, the liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in deficit of Rs 2.42 lakh crore
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The CM announced that the process of reorganising the party at all levels is underway following the merger.
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Seven other MLAs from the National People’s Party (NPP), two from the UDP and one each from BJP and HSPDP were also administered the oath of secrecy as ministers in Sangma’s cabinet by Governor Phagu Chauhan at Raj Bhavan.
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BJP's Manik Saha, too, will take oath as the chief minister of the saffron-party led alliance government in Tripura on March 9.
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NPP head and outgoing chief minister Conrad K Sangma was present at the ceremony.
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The new House, with 59 members, will have its first sitting on Monday, when the pro-tem speaker administers the oath of office to the legislators
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The UDP has clinched 11 seats in the recently concluded elections, and the PDF two.
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The BJP’s strategy for the Northeast has so far been impeccable. Retaining its grip over the region is important because of the uncertainties of the Hindi heartland. The opposition’s inability to project itself as a purposeful monolith like the BJP was evident in this election too
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Sangma, the outgoing chief minister, claimed that he has an "absolute majority with 32 MLAs" on his side in the 60-member assembly but refused to give details of supporting parties.
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Sangma, also the president of the ruling NPP, will go to Raj Bhawan at 11:30 am on Friday and meet the governor to apprise him of the assembly election results, the official said.
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Outside of the local political dynamics of Agartala, Kohima, and Shillong, the results of the latest assembly elections indicate that the processes that drove this wider reframing of the regional political chessboard over the last eight years by Modi’s new BJP have deepened and taken greater root
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Sarma took to Twitter to also say that BJP president J P Nadda has advised the Meghalaya unit of the saffron camp to support the NPP as it forms the next government in the neighbouring state.
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Meghalaya as was predicted delivered a hung assembly, but with the upper hand to NPP. Will BJP join the government or prefer to sit out?
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The poll results show that despite the Congress’s attempts to revitalise itself, it is still not capable of winning elections. That is advantage BJP for 2024
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The NPP has won five seats and was leading in 21 other constituencies as counting of votes polled in the February 27 polls was underway.
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said people in the region have seen for the first time how closely and sincerely the Centre has worked to bring in the region peace and development, be it big projects like building highways or providing them with basic amenities like drinking water, free ration and electricity.
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The BJP and the Congress were leading in six seats each, while the Trinamool Congress was ahead in five and the Voice of the People Party (VPP) in four seats.
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Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland Election Results 2023: BJP retained power in Tripura on its own and with its senior ally in Nagaland and set to be part of the government in Meghalaya.
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Among the three states, it is Tripura which promises to have more national resonance than the two others as traditional rivals Congress and the Left have joined hands for the first time to challenge the BJP in the election to the state’s 60-member assembly.
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Live Election Results 2023 Highlights: The BJP is set to retain power in Tripura, where the Left appears to have further weakened, and the newly floated TIPRA Motha has emerged as the main opposition. In Nagaland, BJP's ally NDPP has dominated the polls and is poised to form the government again. Meghalaya has thrown a fractured mandate, with the ruling NPP falling short of the majority-mark.
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Assembly election results: The outcome of the polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland is likely to have a bearing on the prospects of national parties in state polls later this year. BJP is hopeful of the outcome giving it momentum for the poll battles ahead.
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Exit polls tip the BJP to retain Tripura and return to power in Nagaland with its ally, the National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). The state saw re-polling in four of its polling stations after the Election Commission declared them as void.
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Pollsters have predicted a comfortable majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance in Nagaland and Tripura, while Meghalaya is predicted to witness a hung assembly.
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In the 60-member Meghalaya assembly, Zee-Matrize exit poll predicted NPP will get 21-26 seats, Trinamool Congress 8-13 seats, BJP 6-11 seats and Congress 3-6 seats.
India Today-Axis My India exit poll for the state predicted NPP getting 18-24 seats, Congress (6-12), BJP (4-8), UDP (8-12 seats) and TMC (5-9) seats. Times Now ETG exit poll predicted that NPP will get 18-26 seats, AITMC 8-14 seats, UDP 8-14 seats and BJP 3-6 seats.
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Exit polls can go wrong but there were a number of factors working in BJP’s favour even before campaigning began. Apart from the Modi factor and local alliances, BJP has strengthened its organisation in all three states and now have some credible local leaders to showcase
