PM to visit Tripura twice for campaigning

AGARTALA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tripura twice to hold public meetings ahead of the February 18 Assembly election, state BJP president Biplab Kumar Deb said here today.

Modi will come on February 8 and address two public meetings at Kailashahar in Unakoti district and Shantirbazar in South Tripura district. He will again visit the state on February 15 and address a public meeting here.

The party's national president Amit Shah will be in the state for a week to campaign for the candidates of the BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance, Deb told reporters.


From here, Shah will also visit Meghalaya and Nagaland, where Assembly polls will be held on February 27, the state BJP chief said.

He said 40 top BJP leaders including Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Muktar Abbas Naqvi would also visit the state for campaigning.

Election for the 60-member Assembly in Tripura will be held on February 18. Results for all three states will be announced on March 3.