BJP president Amit Shah to visit Meghalaya and Tripura

BJP president Amit Shah will sound the poll bugle for the upcoming elections in Meghalaya and Tripura on his visit to the two states on January 6 and 7.

Shah will arrive in Meghalaya on January 6 where he will address a public rally Tikrikilla in Garo hills. Garo hills is the stronghold of chief minister Mukul Sangma.

On January 7, Amit Shah will address rally in Ambassa and Udaipur in Tripura. BJP is making efforts to pull out large number of crowds in the Left Front ruled state. Left Front is ruling the state for the last 25 years.


A three-member team of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) headed by its president NC Debbarma is camping in New Delhi to hold talks on alliance. The state is likely to go to polls early this year.

A senior BJP leader who did not want to be named told ET, “On January 3 minister of state in Prime Minister’s Office, Jitendra Singh, BJP’s national general secretary Ram Madhav and party’s election in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma will hold discussion with IPFT.”

“NC Debbarma led IPFT is seeking 15 seats while the BJP is willing to concede eight to nine seats,” he added.

In Tripura a third of the 60 assembly seats are reserved for tribals.

“CPI (M) has strong base in the tribal areas and has in the past swept the tribal dominated seats. For coming to power in the state, we have to do well in tribal areas,” a BJP leader added.

Debbarma said, “We had a meeting with party leaders on Sunday last to take their views on electoral alliance.”

The IPFT is demanding a separate Tipraland. BJP has however ruled out any bifurcation of the state.