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NDTV
02-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Tripura Chief Minister To Expand Cabinet Tomorrow: Report
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha would expand his council of ministers on July 3, sources said on Wednesday. Sources said that on the advice of the Chief Minister, Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu would administer the oath of office and secrecy to the new minister at the Raj Bhavan. One probable name -- Kishore Barman -- is doing the rounds about the possible minister. BJP MLA Barman was elected in the 2023 Assembly polls from Nalchar constituency in Sepahijala district. As per the constitutional mandate, the size of the council of ministers is 12, including the Chief Minister. One ministerial berth has been lying vacant. The sources said that at least five BJP MLAs are the contenders for the ministerial berths. On March 8, 2023, the BJP and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) coalition government led by Saha came to power for the second consecutive term. The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), headed by former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, contested the 2023 Assembly polls separately but in March last year, after signing a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the Tripura government, joined the BJP-IPFT coalition government, adding a new twist to Tripura politics. Accordingly, two TMP MLAs -- Animesh Debbarma and Brishaketu Debbarma -- were inducted into the ministry. The IPFT currently has one minister -- Sukla Charan Noatia -- in the 11-member council of the ministry. The BJP-IPFT alliance had retained power in Tripura by winning 33 seats in the 60-member Assembly. The TMP, which contested the Assembly elections in 2023 for the first time, won 13 seats of the 42 seats it contested, emerging as the second largest party after the BJP. The CPI-M won 11 seats in the elections while the Congress bagged three. The CPI-M-led Left Front and the Congress had a seat-sharing arrangement for the elections. The TMP became a political force in April 2021 after it wrested power in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. The politically important TTAADC has jurisdiction over two-thirds of Tripura's 10,491 sq km area, and is home to over 1,21,6000 people, of which around 84 per cent are tribals.
Time of India
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Tripura likely to expand cabinet
Tripura chief minister Manik Saha is likely to expand his council of ministers on Thursday. The size of the council of ministers is 12 including the chief minister, one post is lying vacant. On March 8, 2023, the BJP-led government came to power for the second consecutive term. A senior BJP leader who does not want to be named said, ' The swearing in will take place on Thursday. Kishor Barman , BJP MLA from Nalchar Assembly constituency is likely to be inducted in the council of ministry.' BJP allies including Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) and Tipra Motha Party (TMP) have three ministers while the rest belong to BJP. Indigenous People's Front of Tripura and its lone MLA Sukla Charan Noatia is a cabinet minister. The BJP-IPFT alliance had retained power in Tripura by winning 32 seats in the 60-member assembly. Live Events The TMP, which contested the elections for the first time, won 13 of the 42 seats it contested for, emerging as the second largest party after the BJP. The CPI-M won 11 seats in the elections while the Congress bagged three. The CPI-M-led Left Front and the Congress had a seat-sharing arrangement for the elections. In 2024 TMP joined the BJP-led coalition government in Tripura. The TMP became a political force in April 2021 after it wrested power in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. The TTAADC has jurisdiction over two-thirds of Tripura's 10,491 sq km area, and is home to over 1,21,6000 people, of which around 84% are tribals.
United News of India
23-06-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
UDF's Aryadan Shoukath leads by 11,305 votes after 15 rounds of counting
Malappuram, June 23 (UNI) Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Aryadan Shoukath was leading with a margin of 11,035 votes against CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate M Swaraj in Nilambur Assembly by-election at the end of the 15th round of counting held at Chungathara Marthoma HSS, on Monday. The UDF secured 66,071 votes, LDF 55,036 votes, Independent and former Nilambur MLA PV Anvar- 16,965 votes and BJP-led NDA candidate Mohan George 6,957 votes each. The UDF had scored a clean sweep in all the local bodies. UDF workers carried out a victory procession at Chungathara near Nilambur early in the day. Aryadan shoukath is the son of late veteran Congress leader Aryadan Mohammed, who won for the eighth time from Nilambur constituency until 2011. In the 2016 assembly election, LDF-backed Independent PV Anvar defeated INC's Aryadan Shoukath by a margin of 11,504 votes from Nilambur constituency. That was Shoukath's maiden fight for the Assembly elections. "This is the people's mandate against the LDF government's neglect of the Nilambur people," Shoukath told media. The Nilambur by-election was necessitated following the resignation of LDF-backed Independent MLA PV Anvar in January 2024. He defected from LDF and joined All India Trinamool Congress and became the state convenor of the party. LDF-backed Independent MLA Anvar represented Nilambur assembly constituency for 8.5 years (2016- 2024) . UNI AK PRS
Hans India
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Nilambur by-election campaign gathers steam, rival fronts make victory claims
Nilambur (Kerala): With the second round of campaigning for the Nilambur assembly by-election gaining momentum, both the traditional rival fronts in Kerala on Tuesday expressed confidence in their victory. With the campaigning starting to peak after the Bakrid break, two star campaigners - Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi for the Congress-led United Democratic Front - are arriving in Nilambur later this week. Nilambur goes to the polls on June 19, and the principal fight is between Aryadan Shoukath of the Congress and of the CPI-M, with two-time Left-backed Independent legislator P.V. Anvar, who quit in January following a major spat with Chief Minister Vijayan, and Mohan George of the BJP also in the fray. On Tuesday morning, the state's ruling CPI-M held its state secretariat meeting near Nilambur and concluded that fielding Swaraj has changed things and they are on course to win the June 19 polls. Likewise, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan, who is spearheading the Congress-led UDF's campaign, said they are winning hands down. "We are heading for a win, and we will take back Nilambur," he said. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, a row broke out with CPI-M state Secretary slamming the Congress for having an electoral tie-up with the Welfare Party, which has the backing of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Satheesan hit back at Govindan and said all know that not long ago, the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Welfare Party had supported the CPI-M. ' When any party supports the CPI-M, then they are all secular, but when the same party supports us, then they become communal. We all know that when (E.K.) Nayanar-led Left government was at the helm of affairs, one of their achievement was putting PDP leader (Abdul Nazeer) Madani behind bars, and now the PDP is supporting the Left,' said Satheesan. However, Govindan contended that the PDP and Jamaat-e-Islami are different. From 1965 onwards, the Congress candidates won the Nilambur seat a record 11 times, the CPI-M twice, and a Left-supported independent candidate thrice. Nilambur assembly constituency is part of the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, and Priyanka Gandhi secured a staggering 65,132 votes from the segment in the November bypolls, while Anvar, when contesting as a CPI-M supported candidate in 2016, won with 11,504 votes and in 2021, the margin came down to a mere 2,700 votes.
Hans India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Trouble looms in Congress' Kerala unit over selection of candidate for Nilambur bypoll
Trouble has broken out in the Congress's Kerala unit over the selection of the candidate for the upcoming Nilambur Assembly by-election. The Election Commission on Sunday announced that the by-election will be held on June 19, along with four other seats in three other states. The election became a necessity after two-time Left-supported Independent legislator P.V. Anvar surprised all by resigning as the legislator in January this year after a serious difference of opinion with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. As is the usual practice in Kerala politics, if leaders or parties break up with one of the traditional rivals - the CPI-M-led Left and the Congress-led UDF, they shift loyalties to the opposite camp. Similarly, Anvar expressed his desire to join ranks with the Congress-led UDF and even though he was told that the UDF will decide on him at the appropriate time, he, apprehending that this may not happen, on Monday, expressed his displeasure, saying that he did not resign for anyone to contest and even dropped enough hints that he might even enter the fray himself. Anvar, since quitting as a legislator, has been trying his best to enter the UDF. However, the Congress leadership, especially Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan, right from the beginning, was not very keen, as last year, Anvar levelled an allegation on the floor of the Assembly against Satheesan, which eventually turned out to be false. Another reason why Anvar is upset is, he and likely Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukat, whom he defeated in 2016, do not have the best of relations. Meanwhile, the Congress's Malappuram President V. S. Joy and Shoukat are the two key contenders, and with Anvar firing the first salvo, those close to Joy have warned that if he is not considered, things might be difficult. This confusion broke out hours afterthe newly-appointed KPCC President Sunny Joseph said that the party high command will be announcing the Congress candidate on Monday. Meanwhile, the CPI-M led Left leadership is closely watching the sudden turn of events in the Congress and all eyes are on them to see if they will do what they did in Palakkad Assembly by-election in November last year, when they fielded dissident Congress leader Dr P. Sarin as their candidate. The BJP is also in two minds as its state President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said this election has been a needless one thrust upon them, and they will decide on what needs to be done soon.
