Agartala : The ruling Bhartiya Janta Party has swept the votes in the crucial Tripura civic body polls. They have won 217 of total 222 seats, while the Trinamool Congress emerged as a strong political force in the polls for which polling was held on November 25.
The counting of votes in 13 counting centers, for over 200 seats in the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and other civic bodies in Tripura began at 8 AM.
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday swept the civic body elections in Tripura, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the "local body election results in the state are a clear testimony of people's unwavering trust in BJP's politics of development".