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contestants of the Tripura assembly election.
According to officials, around 31,000 polling personnel and 25,000 security personnel of central forces have been deployed for the conduct of the election in a free, fair and peaceful manner. Besides, 31,000 employees of the state armed police and the state police will be deployed to maintain law and order, news agency PTI quoted CEO as saying.
While a prohibitory order is also in place across the state as precautionary measure and will remain in force till 6 am on February 17, international and inter-state boundaries have also been sealed to prevent any untoward incident.
A total of 28.13 lakh voters including 13.53 lakh women will decide the fate of 259 aspirants of whom 20 are women.
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Among the top contenders in Tripura are Dr Manik Saha, the chief minister, who is contesting from Town Bordowali. A Congressman, Saha joined BJP in 2016 and was made the party’s state president in 2021. Saha, who became a Rajya Sabha MP last year, replaced Biplab Deb who was asked to resign from the chief minister’s post last year.
Rajib Bhattacharya, the BJP state president, will make his electoral debut from the Banamalipur seat. Bhattacharya, who was vice-president of the Tripura Pradesh BJP under Deb, was appointed the BJP chief last year when Saha became the chief minister.
Some other top names in the race are, Pratima Bhowmick: BJP’s Union minister from Dhanpur constituency; Jishnu Dev Burman: Tripura’s deputy chief minister represents the Charilam constituency; Jitendra Choudhury: A strong tribal leader; Sudip Roy Barman: Six-time MLA from Agartala who joined the BJP in 2018 but returned to the Congress soon after; Birajit Sinha: State Congress president Sinha who is contesting from Kailasahar ; Pradyot Manikya: The royal descendant of Tripura who was with the Congress for several years till he cut ties and formed the Tipra Motha; Manik Sarkar: The former chief minister of Tripura served the state for over 20 years.
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