“End of road for communists,” says BJP after defeating CPI(M) in Tripura by-polls in Boxanagar and Dhanpur

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday secured an enormous victory within the Tripura by-polls to the meeting seats of Boxanagar and Dhanpur. The voting was held on fifth September. BJP’s Tafajjal Hossain secured a staggering 34,146 votes defeating the CPI(M)’s Mizan Hossain who barely managed 3909 votes.

In Dhanpur, BJP’s Bindu Debnath gained by 18,871 votes towards CPI(M) candidate Kaushik Chanda who secured 11,146 votes. Debnath registered 30,017 votes. The outcomes adopted after six rounds of counting in each seats. BJP ally Tripura Motha and Congress didn’t subject candidates.

Boxanagar meeting by-polls adopted after the loss of life of CPI(M)’s sitting candidate Samsul Haque who died of a cardiac arrest in July. The Dhanpur seat has been vacant ever because the resignation of Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik days after her election within the state meeting this yr.

Interestingly, whereas Boxanagar is a Muslim-majority space, Dhanpur has a largely tribal inhabitants. Boxanagar meeting constituency is located within the Sipahijala district which borders Bangladesh. About 55 per cent of the inhabitants within the seat is Muslim and has been a stronghold of the CPI(M).

BJP’s vote share has been shifting northward in Boxanagar. In the Assembly elections held in February this yr, the vote share of BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain was 37.76 per cent. CPI(M) candidate Samsul Haque’s vote share was 50.34 per cent, a decline of seven.42 per cent in 2018.

In the 2018 Tripura elections, CPI(M) candidate Sahid Choudhury acquired 57.76 per cent votes. BJP candidate Baharul Islam Majumdar obtained 34.45 per cent votes within the 2018 elections. In truth, in 2018 too, the saffron social gathering had breached its earlier numbers from 2013 when its candidate Mantu Sarkar managed a mere 460 votes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took to Twitter to congratulate the social gathering and the individuals of Tripura. He wrote, “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the people of Tripura for making the BJP victorious in the Baxanagar and Dhanpur assembly bye-elections. It will further strengthen our determination to transform Tripura into a prosperous state under the leadership of PM @narendramodi Ji. Congratulations to the Tripura CM @DrManikSaha2 Ji and BJP President @Rajib4BJP Ji, along with the karyakartas, for this resounding victory. The BJP while celebrating the victory said that this is the end of the road for communists.”

I prolong my heartfelt gratitude to the individuals of Tripura for making the BJP victorious within the Baxanagar and Dhanpur meeting bye-elections. It will additional strengthen our willpower to remodel Tripura right into a affluent state below the management of PM @narendramodi Ji.…

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 8, 2023

BJP chief Amit Malviya additionally took to Twitter and known as the BJP’s victory as “the end of the road for communists”.

BJP wins each Assembly seats in Tripura.

BJP’s Tafajjal Hossain gained the Boxanagar seat, which has round 66% Muslim voters, by 30,237 votes. Hossain acquired 34,146 votes, whereas his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the CPI(M) acquired simply 3,909 votes.

In Dhanpur, which has a big…

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 8, 2023

The victory reaffirms the BJP’s successful streak within the northeast.