Assembly Byelections 2023 | BJP victory in Boxanagar and Dhanpur leaves the opposition crying foul
The HinduPublished : Sep 09, 2023 13:42 IST - 4 MINS READ The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party -led alliance in Tripura swept the byelections in the Boxanagar and Dhanpur constituencies, despite allegations by the opposition of rigging and intimidation. In the 2023 Assembly elections, the Left-Congress had won Boxanagar, a constituency with nearly 90 per cent minority voters, by defeating the BJP by 4,849 votes. In Dhanpur, the BJP’s Bindu Debnath retained the seat for the saffron party, securing 30,017 votes, while the CPI‘s Kaushik Chanda came a distant second with 11,146 votes. The Dhanpur constituency, which the Left had never lost since 1972, was won by the BJP’s Pratima Bhoumik in the 2023 Assembly election by a margin of 3,500 votes. BJP cites development plank Dismissing the opposition’s allegations of rigging, the BJP’s State vice president Tapas Bhattacharya said, “It is true the minority never voted for the BJP before, but this time in Boxanagar, they voted overwhelmingly for us because they realised they were being manipulated by the opposition to remain socio-economically backward.” He added that now the minorities want to support the ruling party for their own development.