BJP will win two-thirds majority in Tripura: Deodhar

AGARTALA: BJP’s state in-charge of Tripura, Sunil Deodhar, has exuded optimism that the party, along with its ally, NC Debbarma-led faction of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), will get two-thirds majority in the 60-member assembly in the upcoming polls.

Tripura is going to the polls on February 18, and the votes will be counted on March 3. BJP is seeking to oust the Left Front, which has been ruling the state for the past 25 years.

“After Narendra Modi ji’s three rallies, two on February 8 and one on February 15, our seat tally will increase further,” Deodhar told ET.


Deodhar, who was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poll manager in Varanasi during the 2014 Lok Sabha election, said: “The party did not think it necessary to announce a CM candidate before the polls as our whole focus is to defeat the Left Front government. Already, Manik Sarkar, who has been chief minister for the last 20 years, is defamed and discredited.” BJP’s vote share in 2013 assembly polls was just 1.54% and it did not win even a single seat.

“The Left Front has never faced a formidable opposition like us. This is the first time that the Left Front is facing the right in Tripura. We have a team of young leaders and cadres while the Left Front has people who have aged and have 25 years of anti-incumbency against them,” Deodhar said.