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Last Update: February 16, 2023, 09:29 IST
Agartala (including Jogendranagar), India
File photo of PM Modi addressing a rally ahead of Tripura assembly elections (File Photo: PTI)
Polling for the 60-member Assembly in Tripura began at 7 am today amid tight security and will end by 4 pm in 3,337 polling stations, of which 1,100 have been identified as critical and 28 as non-sensitive. Votes will be counted on March 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Urged people to come out in large numbers to vote in the Tripura Assembly Elections 2023, for which voting is currently underway.
Tripura is voting in high-voltage assembly elections where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is contesting with the Left-Congress alliance and Tipra Motha.
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Polling for the 60-member Assembly in Tripura began at 7 am today amid tight security and will end by 4 pm in 3,337 polling stations, of which 1,100 have been identified as critical and 28 as non-sensitive. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.
PM Modi wrote on Twitter, ‘I urge the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I especially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise.”
Urging the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. I especially call upon the youth to exercise their franchise.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 16, 2023
Home Minister Amit Shah also urged people to come out and vote “for a prosperous Tripura”.
“Urging our sisters and brothers of Tripura to cast their votes to ensure that a development-oriented government is formed and the era of peace and progress that has already begun continues smoothly. Come out and vote for a prosperous Tripura,” Amit Shah wrote on Twitter.
I urge our sisters and brothers of Tripura to vote for a development-oriented government and to smoothly continue the era of peace and progress that has begun. Come out and vote for a prosperous Tripura.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 16, 2023
Apart from the BJP-IPFT alliance, the CPI(M)-Congress alliance, a regional party formed by Tipra Motha – scion of the erstwhile royal family of the northeastern state – is also one of the main contestants in the Tripura assembly elections.
According to officials, around 31,000 polling personnel and 25,000 security personnel of central forces have been deployed to conduct the elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner. Besides this, 31,000 personnel of State Armed Police and State Police will be deployed to maintain law and order, news agency PTI quoted the CEO as saying.
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