The ruling BJP was leading in 26 seats, the CPI(M) in 12, Congress 6, and Tipra Motha Party in 11 seats, as per the latest trends in the ongoing counting of votes for the Tripura Assembly on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed two rallies in poll-bound Tripura, giving a boost to the BJP s campaign, as he attacked the Left-Congress alliance in the state saying they have ignored the interests of the poor.
The verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2017.Deb also shot back at the opposition, who had mocked on his initiatives to start Indo-Bangla water transit services from Udaipur in Gomati district to Daudkandi in the neighbouring country and said that Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has informed him that the matter is being pursued by the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh.Maintaining that the BJP government in Tripura has delivered more than it had promised in its vision document in 2018, he added that the saffron party will win the election with a massive mandate.