Tripura Election 2023: The budget for tribal groups has been increased four times, according to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Jagat Prakash Nadda, who claimed that no one has cared about tribals for the previous 70 years. Ahead of the Tripura assembly elections, the BJP national president was speaking at the Vijay Sankalpa Jansabha in the Gomati district of Amarpur.


 “It is a matter of pride for the tribal society that today our president is Droupadi Murmu. For 70 years no one cared for tribals. I am happy that eight central ministers are tribals, our CM is tribal. For tribal communities, the budget has been increased by four times,” Nadda was quoted by ANI in its report.






“Union Budget 2023-24, the first budget of ‘Amrit Kaal’ is a blueprint for India’s development; it is filled with aspirations and a framework to make the nation’s economy truly inclusive and empowered,” he added.


The BJP national president also praised the Tripura administration for its achievements.


“Today we can say with pride that it is the ‘New Tripura’ with new aspirations. PM Modi has a special concern for North East. Tripura is moving forward under BJP’s rule,” he said.


“PM Modi had said that the state of Tripura could also make progress just like any other part of the country, and these five years stand as testimony to his very belief,” said Nadda.


Nadda stated that Tripura was formerly a place of insurgency, bloodshed, bandh, strikes, and terrorism, but that "under the BJP leadership, Tripura has become a state boasting Peace, Development, and Prosperity."


JP Naddu also launched a harsh attack on past regimes for a slew of swindles.


He said, “How was India nine years back? India was a kneeling India, it was an India that could not take a decision. It was one of the corrupt countries where scams used to happen every day.”


“But in the last nine years under the leadership of Modi ji, India has become a country of aspirations, a leapfrogging country and a strong nation which can establish itself in the world,” he added.


Slamming the congress and previous administrations, Nadda stated: “There had always been corruption, violence, cheating and what not under the Congress’ rule, and under the Communists’ rule. They have both stood together now, both are corrupt. But the BJP has come ahead to save Tripura from the clutches of corruption and misrule.”


Meanwhile, the BJP is expected to issue its Tripura election manifesto within the next week.


In the 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP won a shock win in Tripura, a Left bastion with Manik Sarkar as Chief Minister for nearly two decades. Following its election victory, the BJP chose Biplab Deb as Tripura Chief Minister, followed by Manik Saha in May 2022.


The party is gearing up for another victory in Tripura and has formed an alliance with its erstwhile ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), which has candidates running for five assembly seats.


The BJP has fielded 55 candidates for the 60 Assembly seats in the northeastern state's upcoming elections on February 17.


Former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) will also run in the state Assembly elections.


Several other BJP heavyweights will campaign in the northeastern state, according to party officials.


Earlier on January 27, the BJP conducted a CEC meeting in New Delhi to select the lists of candidates for the forthcoming Tripura Assembly elections.


For the first time, 11 women were granted seats in the state assembly election.


Tripura will hold Assembly elections on February 16. Votes in Nagaland and Meghalaya will be tallied on March 2. 


(With Inputs From ANI)