Tripura polls: BJP conducts election committee meeting on Wednesday

A closed-door meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party was held in Agartala on Wednesday to finalize the names of party candidates for the upcoming Tripura assembly election slated to be held on 16th February.

State BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee chaired the meeting Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarman, former CM and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb, Union Minister of the state Pratima Bhowmik, State BJP General Secretary Papiya Dutta, Amit Rakshit and many leaders were present in the meeting.

According to party sources, a probable list of candidates for all 60 constituencies, matters of organizational importance and organizational strategies to ensure a massive win in the assembly election were discussed in a detailed manner.

Then, top leaders of the state BJP left for Delhi on Wednesday evening to take part in the Central Election Committee meeting.

Central leadership of BJP will assess various aspects of possible candidates and other critical matters in the meeting and finalize tickets for the polls.