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Sri @SangmaConrad , Chief Minister of Meghalaya, called @AmitShah ji, Hon'ble Home Minister, and sought his support and blessings in forming the new Government.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 2, 2023
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Thank you Tripura! This is a vote for progress and stability. @BJP4Tripura will continue to boost the state's growth trajectory. I am proud of all Tripura BJP Karyakartas for their spectacular efforts at the grassroots.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 2, 2023
I thank the people of Nagaland for blessing the @NDPPofficial-@BJP4Nagaland alliance with yet another mandate to serve the state. The double engine government will keep working for the state's progress. I laud our party workers for their hardwork which ensured this result.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 2, 2023
The 45-year-old has emerged as a powerful politician in his father's mould, growing stronger by the election. This election, his party seems likely to form a government in Shillong possibly with the BJP and the United Democratic Party in tow as the three previous allies inch to cross the half-way mark in the 60-strong assembly.
Parleys have already been held in Guwahati earlier this week between him and BJP's pointsman in the northeast Assam chief minister Himanta Sarma, known for his deal-making abilities.
Earlier in the day, Sangma told newspersons, "I thank the people of our state for having voted for our party. We are grateful to them. We are still short of the numbers and are waiting for the final results, after which we will decide on the way forward."
PTI
#WATCH | Be it Tripura or Nagaland, in fact in Meghalaya also our seats have increased...BJP has earned a glorious victory & I thank people of all 3 states for that...the possibility of two-third govt cannot be neglected: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pic.twitter.com/N7s38Z2tmI
— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2023
VIDEO | "I thank PM Modi, home minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and senior leaders for their faith and confidence. Central govt's beneficiary schemes, state govt's works and party workers' hard work played an important role in the victory," says Tripura CM Manik Saha. pic.twitter.com/G7IDWWg81M
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 2, 2023
The man who stitched together the various alliances which saw BJP's sun rising in the Northeast has done it again.BJP's poster boy from the region, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has emerged as the party's deal maker, flying almost on a daily basis to all the three states of the northeast where polls where held in February this year in between running his own state.
First by picking on Neiphiu Rio as the man to bank upon and piggyback to power for a second term in the insurgency ridden state of Nagaland and then by helping Delhi pick up the unassuming Manik Saha as the man who could undo the damage to the saffron party's popularity in the vital border state of Tripura.
Last, but not least by getting Conrad Sangma who broke off his NPP party's alliance with BJP just before the election to Meghalaya's assembly, back on the negotiating table for a possible tie-up with the right-wing party in case he fell short of the majority mark.
PTI
Manik Saha, tipped to be Tripura's chief minister for a second term, on Thursday led his party the BJP to victory for a second term in the border state of Tripura.
The former Congress leader who joined the saffron party half-a-dozen years back defeated his former party's veteran leader Ashish Kumar Saha, by a margin of 1,257 votes from Town Bardowali despite detractors predicting a tough time for him in the prestigious constituency.
From Saha joining the saffron party in 2016 to being made chief minister last year in a brand renewal exercise last year, it has been a short but upward journey for the 69-year-old dental surgeon-turned-politician.
PTI
Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along on Thursday won the assembly election from Alongtaki constituency. The state BJP chief defeated Janata Dal (United) candidate J Lanu Longchar by a margin of 3,748 votes. He bagged a total of 9,274 votes with a vote share of 62.5 per cent, reported ANI.
#WATCH | Celebrations begin at Meghalaya CM and National People's Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma's residence in Shillong.
— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2023
As per official EC trends, the party has won 6 and is leading on 19 of the total 59 seats in fray. #MeghalayaElections2023 pic.twitter.com/suFhQPB0Fz
Counting of votes polled in the 60 assembly seats in Tripura on February 16 began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security arrangements, a senior election official said.
A triangular contest is being witnessed between the alliances of BJP-IPFT and Left Front-Congress, and Tipra Motha, a new outfit floated by former royal scion Pradyot Manikya Debbarma.
25,000 security personnel have been deployed in Tripura to maintain law and order.
“Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been clamped across the state from 6 pm on March 1 to 6 am on March 3 to prevent any untoward incident, but essential services and examinees have been kept out of its purview,” Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao said.
A total of 89.98 per cent of 28.12 lakh voters exercised their franchise during polling on 16 February.
“Counting of votes is taking place at 21 locations. There will be around five to eight rounds of counting. The trends are expected to be clear around noon,” he said.
Security personnel conducted flag marches in different areas of Agartala as a confidence-building measure.
As many as 259 candidates from different political parties are in the fray.
Chief Minister Manik Saha is contesting from the Town Bardowali constituency, while Union minister Pratima Bhowmik is fighting from the Dhanpur constituency in the Sepahijala district. CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury is contesting from the Sabroom seat.
For the first time, the Left Front is contesting assembly elections with its erstwhile arch-rival Congress.
In the 2018 assembly elections, the BJP won 36 seats, while its ally IPFT bagged 18 constituencies. The CPI(M)-led Left Front emerged victorious in 16 seats, while the Congress drew a blank.
Counting of votes began in Meghalaya at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security, a senior election official said.
Votes polled in 59 of the 60 assembly constituencies of the state on 27 February are being counted at 13 centres across the state. Polling in the Sohiong seat was adjourned due to the death of a candidate.
Twenty-two companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed to guard the counting centres, Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor told PTI.
Exit polls have predicted a hung assembly in Meghalaya, as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) is believed to have been holding discussions with the BJP for a possible post-poll alliance.
The CEO said that 14 counting halls have been arranged in Shillong and 11 in Tura.
Over 500 observers have been deployed across the state.
The Election Commission has banned victory processions till 4 pm on 4 March.
Counting of votes for the Nagaland Assembly election commenced in 16 centres across the state under tight security measures on Thursday, an official said.
As many as 183 candidates, 164 from 12 political parties, including four women nominees and 19 Independent aspirants are in the fray.
Elections were held for 59 Assembly seats on 27 February. The Akuluto seat has been won uncontested by BJP nominee Kazheto Kinimi.
Counting of votes started at 8 am with postal ballots after which counting of EVMs will be taken up.
The counting is being done under 3-tier security provided by the state and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in 16 counting centres.
The ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and BJP contested the polls on a 40:20 seat-sharing basis and most exit polls predicted that the alliance would emerge victorious.
Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) contested 22 seats and the Congress which ruled the state till 2003 and does not have any member in the current house contested 23 seats.
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