BJP Releases List Of Candidates For Tripura Assembly Polls

48 Candidates in the list&

Guwahati: On Saturday, 28 January 2023, the BJP announced its first list of 48 candidates for the Tripura Assembly polls, fielding Union minister Pratima Bhoumik from Dhanpur.

The Bharatiya Janta party, which is currently in power in the north-eastern state, is contesting the coming elections in the state alone.

It will file nominations for all 60 seats, the party's state president Rajib Bhattacharjee said after his return to the state from New Delhi along with other senior leaders on Friday night.

Mr. Bhattacharjee said the list was finalised after a meeting of the BJP's central election committee and the parliamentary committee.

BJP candidates consist of representatives from various committees including of scheduled castes, tribes, OBCs, minorities, and women, he said.

State CM Manik Saha has been nominated as a BJP candidate from Town Bordowali.

Ms. Bhoumik is a Union Minister in the BJP-led government at the Centre. She is an MP from Tripura.

The BJP came to power in the state for the first time in 2018 after defeating CPI(M), which ruled the state for 25 years continuously.

The BJP top brass was in talks with TIPRA, a regional party founded by former Congress leader and royal scion Pradyot Deb Barman, for a pre-poll alliance, which has now been ruled out.

However, Mr. Bhattacharjee claimed that discussions are still ongoing with the alliance partner IPFT.