Saffron Rise In Red Bastion

The strong trend of party ruling at the centre having a bigger sway over the electoral choice in the North-Eastern states would be a factor that CPI(M) had to grapple with while facing BJP in the first-ever direct contest between left and right in post-independent India. Irrespective of the electoral outcome, BJP has created a tremor in the last surviving red bastion.

The counting vote is scheduled on March 3. This is the analysis on Tripura elections.