Agartala, Nov 07: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma on Monday strongly asserted that the BJP would register its second consecutive victory in the upcoming assembly elections in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya.
“This is the talk of Delhi that the North East region has become a permanent stronghold of the BJP. We also have no doubt that our party will continue its winning streak in the upcoming elections in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya for second consecutive terms like Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur” , Sharma who is also the chairman of North-East Democratic Alliance told a party programme here.
Sharma claimed that North-eastern region of the country has got highest importance in the BJP regime in the country’s 75 years of history. In this context he pointed out that the region now has five cabinet Ministers which is an all time highest.
Sharma attended the launch of Booth Vijay Abhiyan, an initiative of the state unit of BJP ahead of the state assembly elections, which was held at Rabindra Satwarshiki Bhvan.
He said that the ruling BJP would return to power by winning 55 out of total 60 assembly seats in the upcoming state elections in Tripura.
Sharma, who played a crucial role in establishing BJP led government in 2018, said that the saffron party had made considerable developments in the state in last five years rule.
He said, “I have seen remarkable changes in the five years rule of BJP in terms of development and the foundation of the organization has been much stronger than earlier, which gives me hope that the party will return to power by winning 55 out of 60 assembly seats in the upcoming state elections”.
He also claimed that Tripura has actually transformed into a HIRA model which was the poll promise of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the last assembly elections held in 2018.
Speaking at the occasion, Tripura Chief Minister asked the party activists to focus on strengthening the booths as it is the backbone of strengthening the party.
He expressed hope that his party would return to power by winning all the 60 assembly seats in the upcoming state assembly elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma, Union Minister for state Pratima Bhoumik, the party Tripura Pradesh Election In-charge Mahendra Singh, Former Chef Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, MP Rebati Tripura, BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee and other leaders attended the programme.
Earlier, the Chief Minister along with others received Dr. Sarma at Maharaja Bir Bikram airport, Agartala.
The visit of Sarma to Tripura is significant as the state would go to polls early next year. The visit is also being viewed as an effort of the party to boost the morale of the karyakartas ahead of the elections.
Before leaving the state, the Assam Chief Minister visited Mata Tripura Sundari Temple at Udaipur and Santi Kali Ashram at Amarpur.
