Celebrations in Tripura as BJP leads in assembly polls

Celebrations began in Tripura as BJP candidates surged ahead of the opposition Left-Congress and Tipra Motha, leading in more than half the seats of the 60-member assembly. Slogans such as 'Narendra Modi Zindabad' and 'Jai Shri Ram' rented the air at the BJP election office in the Colonel Chowmuhani area in Agartala with party workers exchanging sweets, bursting firecrackers and playing an early Holi.