BJP to retain power in Tripura; will need no help from Tipra Motha: Tripura CM

A day after the conclusion of the polling process Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday reiterated that the BJP will be able to return to power in the state without having to forge any new allianceThe party has tiedup with regional outfit Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura IPFT for the pollsAddressing a press meet Saha exuded confidence that the BJP will perform better than what it did in the last elections Amid speculation that the Tipra Motha may emerge as the kingmaker in case no party wins absolute majority Saha said that is not a possibility The BJP alone will win absolute majority in the 60member Assembly I do believe that the party will win more seats this time The party will need no help from Tipra Motha he saidIn the 2018 Assembly elections the saffron party had won 36 seats while its ally IPFT bagged eight seats and the CPIM 16 The Congress failed to open its accountAsked about IPFTs prospects he said We have left five seats to them It is up to them to say how many seats they are hoping to clinch this electionAlso read Tripura elections A look at the election manifesto of the major parties in the raceHe asserted that Tripura for the first time witnessed a violence and malpracticefree election People were seen exercising their democratic rights without any trouble he saidAlleging that the CPIM and the Congress had tried to create trouble on the day of polling Saha claimed that BJP leaders and workers however showed patience and peacefully handled the situation Asked about the allegation of irregularities by party candidate from Golaghati constituency Hemani Debbarma Saha said Let the matter be checked first If the claim is genuine repoll could be soughtTo a query if he will be the next chief minister the doctorturnedpolitician replied The future will decide Nobody knows the future An average of 8763 per cent voting was recorded in Thursdays electionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever