By Firstdespatch Desk Jan 26, 2023
Agartala, Jan 26 (FD) The opposition Left Front in Tripura would contest in 46 seats in the sixty-member assembly elections scheduled to be held on February 16, CPI-M state party secretary, Jiten Chowwdhury and Left Front Convener Narayan Kar has announced.
The opposition Congress would contest in 13 seats as alliance partner and the rest one seat would be contested by one Left supported independent candidate.
Eight top leaders including former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Badal Chowdhury took retairement from active politics.
Mohanpur, Agartala, Bardwali, Banmalipur, Teliamura, Matabari, Kamalpur, Karamchhara, Dharmanagar, Pecharthal, Kailashahar, Suryaminagar and Charilam constituencies have been reserved for the Congress, which is likely to announced its candidates list later.
CPM has announced support to senior lawyer Purushottam Roy Barman as an independent candidate in Agartala Ramnagar seat.
According to the announced list, Manik Sarkar, Badal Chowdhury, Tapan Chakraborty, Bhanulal Saha, Narayan Chowdhury, Jashbir Tripura and Kailashahar seat winner Msbasar Ali have been relieved this time. Manik Sarkar, Badal Chowdhury, Tapan Chakraborty did not want to contest the elections by themselves. Jiten Chowdhury and Narayan Kar said they will play a special role in the campaign and formulating strategies.
Chowdhury said that despite several rounds of talks with Tipramotha the Marxist party could not forge an alliance as the former party did not wish to shift their demand from a separate state, which is not acceptable. FD JK