BJP's win in Tripura due to CPM's 'surrender', Congress' failure to ally with local parties, says Mamata Banerjee
• 7 years agoChief 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
Sreemoy Talukdar • 7 years agoIts 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
• 7 years agoAfter 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
Sanjay • 7 years agoThe BJP can now safely counter its rivals and critics' accusations of it being a north Indian “Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan” party