Ruling BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls, wins all 51 seats in Agartala Municipal Corporation
FirstpostBJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh said in Kolkata that the results of Tripura civic polls have exposed the ‘hollowness’ of TMC’s claims of having made inroads into the northeastern state Agartala: The ruling BJP on Sunday swept the civic body elections in Tripura, having won all the seats of the 51-member Agartala Municipal Corporation and clinching several other urban local bodies. The saffron party secured all the wards in the 15-member Khowai Municipal Council, 17-seat Belonia Municipal Council, 15-member Kumarghat Municipal Council and nine-member Sabroom Nagar Panchayat, state election commission officials said. The saffron party had fielded candidates for all the 334 seats of Agartala Municipal Corporation, 13 municipal bodies and six Nagar Panchayats in the state where its nominees won in 112 places uncontested. Reacting to the impressive performance by his party in the elections, BJP vice=president Dilip Ghosh said in Kolkata that the results of Tripura civic polls have exposed the “hollowness” of TMC’s claims of having made inroads into the northeastern state.