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BJP's win in Tripura due to CPM's 'surrender', Congress' failure to ally with local parties, says Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the BJP will never win West Bengal and Odisha, and dubbed it as "a cockroach dreaming of becoming a peacock by putting on its feathers".

BJP’s spectacular North East rise under Modi-Shah combine result of long-term planning, attention to detail

Its expanding presence in the North East makes BJP a true pan-India party.

Tripura BJP chief Biplab Kumar Deb says he is ready to take up CM's responsibility as party scores win in state

After the BJP swept to power in Tripura, ending the Left front's 25-year-rule, state party chief Biplab Kumar Deb said he was ready to take on the mantle of chief minister, but a decision on it would be taken by the party's Parliamentary Board.

North East polls 2018: BJP lotus blooms as Left crumbles in Tripura, Congress shut out in Nagaland

The BJP can now safely counter its rivals and critics' accusations of it being a north Indian “Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan” party