New Delhi, Aug 14, 2024, Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Aug 14: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has thanked the people of Tripura for blessing the BJP with a "historic" win in the panchayat polls.

 

 

Shah wrote on 'X': "Heartfelt gratitude to the people of Tripura for blessing the BJP with a historic victory in the local bodies' elections. This victory belongs to them.

 

"I congratulate CM Shri 

@DrManikSaha2 and state BJP President Shri Rajiv Bhattacharjee and our karyakartas for their untiring efforts to carry PM Modi ji led BJP government's pro-development & pro-people initiatives to the people." 

 

The ruling BJP swept the three-tier Panchayat polls in Tripura, winning 97 per cent of seats, an official said on Wednesday.

 

According to reports, the ruling BJP emerged victorious in 5,883 seats, ensuring a clean sweep for the party in the Tripura panchayat polls. As many as 6,370 gram panchayats had gone to polls.

 

The party also won 404 panchayat samiti seats and 113 zilla parishad seats.

 

The BJP secured victory uncontested in 71 per cent of the seats in Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads. The voting for the remaining 29 per cent seats was held on August 8 and the counting ended on Tuesday.

 

The party won 584 Gram Panchayats out of 606, and 34 of 35 Panchayat Samities, besides all eight Zilla Parishads, the official said.

 

The saffron party's victory in the Panchayat polls came after the party had won the both Lok Sabha seats in the northeastern state in June.

 

Out of 96 seats contested in eight Zilla Parishads, the BJP won 93 seats, while the Congress and CPI(M) emerged victorious in two and one seat respectively, State Election Commissioner Asit Kumar Das said.

 

In the case of Panchayat Samitis, the state's party won 173 of the total 188 seats where voting was held. The CPI(M) and the Congress bagged six and eight seats respectively.

 

Das said that the BJP won 1,476 of the 1,819 Gram Panchayats seats contested. The CPI(M), Congress and the Tipra Motha got 148, 151, and 24 seats respectively.

 

While the BJP thanked the people for reposing faith in the BJP in the Panchayat elections, the opposition parties said that they could not field candidates in 71 per cent of the seats because of the alleged terror tactics of the ruling party.

 

Chief Minister Manik Saha said, "There must be an effort to win 100 per cent of seats in the Panchayat polls in future."