Tripura CM: Narendra Modi will address rally and carry meeting in state

Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally and hold a meeting with the Tripura BJP core committee during his one-day visit to the state on December 18, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Thursday.

These programs will be held ahead of the assembly elections in the northeastern state early next year.
“Modiji is coming to Tripura to address a rally at Vivekananda Ground here on Sunday and will interact with the beneficiaries of various welfare schemes of the central and state governments.

“It is certain that the prime minister will hold a separate meeting with the core committee of the party to discuss various organizational issues related to the 2023 assembly elections,” Saha said.

The Chief Minister said at a press conference after inaugurating the BJP election office here that Modi will also meet the state cabinet members and party MLAs.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Agartala from Meghalaya on Sunday where he will participate in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council (NEC), the nodal agency for economic and social development of the eight states in the region.

“It is good that we will start the election campaign with the blessings of the Prime Minister,” Saha said.
BJP Tripura President Rajeev Bhattacharjee was talking to reporters after inaugurating the BJP election office here.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda recently held a meeting with senior party leaders from the state in New Delhi.
Claiming that the BJP would win “more seats” in the 2023 assembly polls, Saha said the party sought people’s blessings for a second term as the BJP-led government had “good governance”. “Who is

The BJP-IPFT came to power in the state in 2018 by winning 43 seats in the 60-member assembly. BJP won 35 seats and IPFT won eight seats.

Around 50,000 people will gather at the Vivekananda Ground for the Prime Minister’s rally, a senior party official said.