Assam CM Himanata Biswas Sharma visited Tripura before the by-polls on June 23rd to promote BJP’s campaign in the state.
The CM’s flight landed on Sunday morning at Agartala airport. He is going to meet three road rallies in total. He is also supposed to speak in a road show. He will be campaigning in the West Tripura, Dhalai, and North Tripura districts during his visit.
Sarma took to Twitter to share, “Humbled to receive such a rousing welcome from @BJP4Tripura karyakartas at Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Airport, Agartala. Their energy and enthusiasm always inspire me.”
There have been other crucial BJP leaders campaigning for the by-polls as well. Some of them include Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Arunachal CM Pema Khandu, BJP Bengal president Sukanta Kumar Majumder, Bengal MP Locket Chatterjee, Union Minister Nishit Pramanik, and Union Minister Rameshwar Teli.
CM Sarma also paid a visit to the former CM of the state, Biplab Deb. Sarma tweeted,” Happy to have met former Tripura CM and younger brother Biplab Kumar Deb on my visit to Agartala today.” He also added they will work together in the upcoming campaigns.
About Tripura by-polls
The upcoming by-polls on 23rd will be crucial for BJP in Tripura. The elections will take place at 4 seats in Tripura; Agartala, Town Bardowali, Surma, and Jubarajnagar. There have been in total 22 candidates for the 4 seats. CM Manik Saha himself is one of the candidates.
Saha will be standing from Town Bordowali. He has recently been appointed the new CM of state last month, replacing his brother Biplab Deb.
The Election Commission had initially received 24 nominations. Soon the nomination by Neel Kamal Saha was rejected. On the other hand, the nomination by Rekha Sabar was withdrawn.
The new CM will be facing Congress’ popular candidate, Ashish Kumar Saha in Town Bordowali. Left’s candidate here is Raghunath Sarkar.
