BJP Releases List Of 48 Candidates For Tripura Assembly Polls
NDTV
State Chief Minister Manik Saha has been nominated as a BJP candidate from Town Bordowali.
The BJP on Saturday announced its first list of 48 candidates for the Tripura Assembly polls, fielding Union minister Pratima Bhoumik from Dhanpur. The party, which is currently in power in the north-eastern state, is contesting the forthcoming elections in the state alone, and will file nominations for all 60 seats, the party's state president Rajib Bhattacharjee said after his return to the state late Friday night from New Delhi along with other senior leaders.
Mr Bhattacharjee said the list was finalised following 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 Chief Minister 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.
