Before 12PM on counting day, BJP will cross majority mark in Tripura: Amit Shah

Expressing confidence of BJP getting full majority in the Tripura assembly elections Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP is seeking a mandate to make the state prosperous in the next five years building on the development initiatives of the partyled government Responding to questions about a possible hung assembly in Tripura Amit Shah said that the constituencies in Tripura are small and you will see that before 12PM on counting day the BJP would have crossed the majority markIn an exclusive interview with ANI he also said that BJPs ChaloPaltai slogan in the last election was not a slogan to come to power in the state but to change the situation in TripuraThe BJP created a record in 2018 by ousting the Left Front government which ruled Tripura for 35 years from 1978 The state will go to the polls on February 16 for its 60member assemblyThe BJP is contesting 55 seats while its ally Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura IPFT is contesting the remaining five seatsAlso Read Maharashtra Opposition to combat interfaith marriage GRShah said Congress and CPIM joining hands shows that they are not in a position to defeat BJP on their own and it is very good position for the partyWe will increase our seats and also our vote share in Tripura Congress and the Communist party have come together as they have accepted that they cant defeat BJP alone We will form government with full majority in the state Shah saidChaloPaltai slogan was given to change the situation in Tripura and weve done that Earlier when the Left was in power in Tripura government employees were paid under Pay Commission but we implemented the 7th Pay commission in the state without increasing fiscal deficit We eliminated violence in Tripura and also took strict action against drugs business from across the border in the state he addedShah also outlined the effective steps of the state government to end violence in the border state and tackle the drug menace and added that these have sent a good message among peopleThere is no violence in Tripura Time has come to make Tripura prosperous The doubleengine government has taken several steps to fulfil its promises he saidAsked about Manik Saha replacing Biplab Deb as Tripura Chief Minister in May last year and if it sent a signal of the BJPs central leadership controlling the state unit Shah said that Deb is an MP and has several key organisational responsibilities in the central BJPHe said changes are sometimes made if the national parties need leaders at the central levelI feel this is promotion it should not be looked at from any other angle he saidHome Minister said that the BJPled government has taken steps to strengthen local languages in the northeastern states and added that there is no big official programme in Delhi without participation of artists from the northeastHe said under PM Modis leadership several steps have been taken for the welfare of people in the northeastThere is peace in the Northeast today there has been peace agreement with several militant organisationsHe referred to the agreement to end the BruReang refugee crisis in Tripura and with National Liberation Front of Tripura NLFTShah said PM Modis initiatives have helped the tribal populationThe tribal communities are experiencing development now Today we have the first tribal President in the country The benefits being given to poor families are also being extended to the tribal community without any discrimination They realize that they were misled earlierShah said before the year 2024 all state capitals in the Northeast region will get rail and air connectivity and this is not a small achievementNearly over 8000 cadres of militant outfits have surrendered arms and joined the mainstream The northeast was known for blockade protests bomb explosions and insurgency Today roads are being built there airports are being built Where there was one airport in a state like Tripura we are building a second here The Prime Minister has undertaken various developmental projects for the northeast region he saidOn Karnataka Shah said the party will come back to power with full majorityThe BJP will form its government in Karnataka with a full majority I have seen the pulse of the people and the popularity of PM Modi The BJP will get a huge mandate he saidAnswering another query on some major states going to the polls this year he said BJP is strong in Rajasthan Karnataka Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and will win all fourWe repeated our governments in Manipur Assam and Arunachal Pradesh We will repeat our government in Tripura also he said answering a queryAsked about JDS accusing BJP of dynastic politics he said there are people who are second or thirdgeneration politicians in the BJP also but it is not that the party chief will be from such a family only or the entire family will become an MP or an MLA What kind of comparison is this You have finished the entire democratic system he saidEven the people of Mandya are now shifting from dynastic parties and accepting BJPs politics of development This is a good sign for Karnataka he saidShah who visited Puttur in Karnataka and inaugurated Bharat Mata Mandir said he welcomes any allegation made against him regarding the visit in the pollbound state When asked if the BJP has begun a campaign of nationalism in the state Amit Shah said he welcomed such allegationsI accept and welcome all the allegations if they are levelled against me for going to the Bharat Mata Mandir he saidHe said the place has pictures of Tantya Tope Savarkar and also Param Vir Chakra recipient Lance Naik Albert Ekka I thank the trust which made itKarnataka is expected to go for polls in the first half of this yearPolling for the Meghalaya and Nagaland Assembly polls will be held on February 27 The counting of votes in the two states along with Tripura will take place on March 2This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or 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