Lok Sabha election 2024: Deb, the incumbent Rajya Sabha MP, led the BJP to victory in 2018 by decimating 25 years of Left rule in the state.
A turnout of 87.63 per cent was recorded. Of the total 28.14 lakh voters, over 24.66 lakhs exercised their franchise.In 2018, the BJP won 36 seats while its ally IPFT bagged eight seats. The Left Front managed to win 16 seats.
Public health improvements, free foodgrains during the pandemic, and marginal fall in unemployment since 2018 gives the BJP comfort in Tripura. But its rivals are going to town over the lofty promises made to voters in the last elections
BJP and the CPI(M)-Congress alliance fancy their chances in the Tripura assembly elections but are wary of the TIPRA Motha. In a hung assembly, Pradyot Manikya Debbarman could be kingmaker. Or king
Amid the rumours, BJP general secretary BL Santhosh, organisation secretary for the north-east, Ajay Jamwal, among other leaders, reached Agartala, the Tripura capital, on June 16 to placate the ‘rebel’ MLAs.
During a party event earlier this week, Tripura CM Biplab Deb had reportedly claimed -- citing a previous conversation -- that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had plans to set up BJP governments in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Tripura CM Biplab Deb reportedly quoted former BJP national president Amit Shah as having spoken about an "overseas" expansion after winning in all state elections in India.
In line with his statement, Deb announced that the state government will distribute 50,000 white ducklings to people living around the Rudrasagar lake
A compensation of Rs 5 lakh has been announced for the kin of those who lost their lives in the floods
"We see women as goddess Laxmi, Saraswati. Aishwarya Rai represents the Indian women. She became the Miss World and that's all right. But I do not understand the beauty of Diana Hayden," Deb, who became the chief minister last month, said.
Speaking at the release of Marathi book Gof, penned by Sena's Rajya Sabha MP and Saamana executive editor Sanjay Raut, Thackeray directly addressed RSS leader Sunil Deodhar, who is credited for the BJP's victory in Tripura Assembly elections.
In his address after the swearing-in ceremony of the first BJP government in Tripura, Modi said the northeastern region has many opportunities and potentials which have to be explored for its development.
The swearing-in will also mark the BJP taking over the reins of the state for the first time.
Deb, who will have another state BJP leader Jishnu Kumar Debbarma, a tribal, as his deputy, will assume office amid accusations by the CPI-M that the BJP and ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were unleashing violence in the state after the combine swept to power last Saturday winning 43 seats in the 60-member Assembly.