The BJP stormed back to power in Tripura and Nagaland, with ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, and is set to explore options in Meghalaya’s hung assembly with the National People’s Party of CM Conrad Sangma.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the voters of Tripura and Nagaland for reposing their faith in the party and its allies, respectively. The PM thanked voters in Meghalaya and said the party hopes to serve them better to win their trust.

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

In Tripura, the BJP won 32 seats alone and ally IPFT’s one seat making it 33 compared to its previous 43 in the 60-member House. In Nagaland, the NDPP won 25 of the 60 Assembly seats and the BJP winning 12, making it past the winning mark of 31 with comfort. The Congress came a cropper in Nagaland while its coalition with the Left in Tripura saw the combine get 14 seats. Tripura saw the emergence of the Tipra Motha Party which won 13 seats, led by Pradyot Manikya Debburman, an ex-royal and a former chief of the Congress Tripura unit.

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

In Meghalaya, the BJP couldn’t succeed as much as in the other two states, winning 2 seats. Wit Conrad Sangma making a call to Home Minister Amit Shah, the post-poll arithmetic is in the process of being formulated.

Grateful to all those who have supported @BJP4Meghalaya in the Assembly polls. We will keep working hard to enhance the development trajectory of Meghalaya and focus on empowering the people of the state. I am also thankful to our party workers for the effort they put.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 2, 2023

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) which won 5 seats compared to the BJP’s 2 was left crestfallen on reports of post-poll talks. The United Democratic Party (UDP) claimed victory on 11 seats while Congress could only bag 5 seats.

In Nagaland, the National Democratic Progressive Party led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is set to return for its 5th term.

Tripura went to the polls on February 16, and polling in Meghalaya and Nagaland was held on February 27. With the first set of Assembly polls over, the heat is in the Opposition camp, particularly the Congress, to come up with better strategies in the other polls ahead in the election pipeline this year.

The counting of votes for the Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland assembly elections has begun. As per the exit poll, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies are likely to retain power in Tripura and Nagaland, while there can be a close competition between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP and National People’s Party (NPP) in Meghalaya.

Tripura is fielding candidates for the 60-member assembly, while Nagaland and Meghalaya are contesting for 59 seats. There are 60 seats in Nagaland, however, only 59 were up for election because the Bharatiya Janata Party won Akuluto without any opposition. In Meghalaya too, the total number came down from 60 to 59 as the election for one seat was adjourned due to the death of the candidate.

Tripura went through polling on February 16 whereas polling in Nagaland and Meghalaya was held on February 27.

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Nagaland has a woman member in its legislative assembly for the first time since it attained statehood 60 years ago.

Hekani Jhakalu Kense, from BJP’s ally NDPP, has won from Dimapur-III constituency in the 2023 Nagaland Assembly elections and has created history by becoming the first woman MLA ever in the 60-member assembly of Nagaland.

Who is Hekani Jhakalu?

Jhakalu, the lawyer turned social entrepreneur, was born and raised in Dimapur, Nagaland to a middle-class family.

After a few years of schooling, she later moved to Bengaluru for her higher studies. She always wanted to become a lawyer and hence did her LLB from LSR, University of Delhi and LLM from the University of San Francisco, USA.

In India, she practised at the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court as well. In the US, she was a faculty member at the American University in Washington and interned at Amnesty International at the UN headquarters. She came back to India around 2003 and was offered to be a partner in a corporate law firm in Delhi. She said in an interview that it was a dream that came true for her.

Her change of professions happened in 2005, not out of choice but discontentment. She noticed that youth from the northeast areas were working at the retail stores in malls and wondered what could be the reason, knowing how expensive and culturally different it is to live in the metro cities.

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She realised it was because there were not enough job opportunities in the northeast and hence, decided to leave her high-paying job to open an NGO to create a solution.

Jhakalu started YouthNet, providing employment and livelihood opportunities to the youth in Nagaland and other northeastern states. She has helped to change the lives of over a lakh people until now. YouthNet is a job centre, where local youth are recruited into the hospitality and retail sectors according to their qualifications.

The NGO works with the aviation sector and luxury hotels to provide work opportunities in the entire country. The boys and girls are trained, recruited and even offered security and accommodation until they are able on their own. YouthNet has been working tirelessly to empower the local youth, providing them with a chance to upgrade their life.

Jakhalu added one more feather to her cap by creating history as she joined the Nagaland assembly as the first woman MLA on March 2, 2023. She defeated Azheto Zhimomi of LJP (Ram Vilas) by 1536 votes. Her manifesto focuses on youth development, women empowerment and minority rights.

Hekani Jhakalu recently won the Prerna Award in 2021 by Schneider Electric for her passion towards social problems and also received the Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2018.

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