Left Sarkar out as BJP set to form government in Tripura

Narendra ModiPutting up a spectacular show the BJP and its ally the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura were headed for a landslide electoral victory in Tripura on Saturday ousting the CPIMlead Left Front that was in power in the state for the last 25 years As per the latest trends of all 59 constituencies the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP was leading in 32 seats while the tribal party was ahead in eight after the first and second round of counting of votesThe BJP had no MLA in the 60member House and had got only 15 per cent votes in the 2013 assembly elections According to the trends of the results BJPIPFT alliance were headed to secure 40 seats nine seats more than the simple majority figure of 31 The Left Front was leading in only 19 seats We are happy with the trends in Tripura where the BJP looks like forming a government with 40 or more seats BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav told reporters here He conceded that the CPIM gave a good fight in Tripura but people voted for change to throw up a revolutionary verdict a historic verdict In the 2013 assembly elections the Left Front had secured 50 seatThe Congress which had 10 members in the outgoing assembly has failed to even open its account this time Many of its candidates may even lose their deposits Among the BJP winners were state President Biplab Kumar Deb Banamalipur Sudip Roy Barman Agartala Ratanlal Nath Mohanpur A Rampada Jamatia Bagma Dilip Kumar Das Barjala Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl Karamchara Ashish Kumar Saha Bordowali Ratan Chakraborty Khayerpur Atul Debbarma Krishnapur Sushanta Chowdhury Majlishpur IPFTs leading candidates included Narendra Chandra Debbarma Takarjala Mevar Kumar Jamatia Asharambari and Prashanta Debbarma RamchandraghatAmong the notable Left candidates trailing were sitting Tribal Welfare Minister Aghore Debbarma Asharambari Forest and Rural Development Minister Narensh Chandra Jamatia Bagma Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar Khayerpur Bijay Laxmi Sinha Kamalpur Samiran Malakar Pabiachara Manoranjan Debbarma Mandai Bazar Ratan Das Ramnagar Manindra Chandra Das KalyanpurPromodnagar and Chief Whip Basudeb Majumder Belonia Among the Left Fronts leading candidates were Chief Minister and CPIM politburo member Manik Sarkar Dhanpur constituency Health and PWD Minister Badal Choudhury Hrishamukh Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty Chandipur Information Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha Bishalgarh Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sahid Chowdhury Assembly Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debbarma and Jail Minister Manindra ReangA threetier security is in place in 20 locations across the state where 59 counting halls have been set up to count votes The Election Commission has appointed 47 general observers and eight police observers to oversee the counting process A total of 290 candidates including 23 women of the ruling CPIM Communist Party of India BJP and Congress and many independents were in the fray Polling in Charilam reserved for the tribals was deferred to March 12 after CPIM candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma died a week before the February 18 pollsOver 92 per cent excluding 50700 postal ballots of Tripuras over 25 lakh voters cast their votes on February 18 in a peaceful election setting a new record in Indias electoral historyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever