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Pratapgarh & Surma, Tripura: Here, BJP gains come from Congress

Ramu Das defeated BJP’s Mousami Das by 17,326 votes in Pratapgarh, while Anjan Das won Surma by 15,309 votes against BJP’s Asish Das.

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The Congress and BJP on Monday ridiculed AAP government’s decision to hold a two-day Assembly session to discuss the Home Ministry’s notification.

The CPM won both bypolls in its only standing bastion, Tripura, but it was the BJP that gained at the cost of the Congress. The CPM did better than in 2013 but slipped from its 2014 positions in those segments. Ramu Das defeated BJP’s Mousami Das by 17,326 votes in Pratapgarh, while Anjan Das won Surma by 15,309 votes against BJP’s Asish Das.

The BJP jumped to 18 and 20 per cent, having not even contested Pratapgarh in 2013 and managed 1 per cent in Surma that year. The Congress declined drastically to 10 and 6 per cent.

“The people have found in the BJP an alternative to the dadagiri of the Left parties.. With the rapid evaporation of the faction-ridden Congress, the only alternative left for right-thinking people is the BJP,” said Tripura BJP president Sudhindra Dasgupta.

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“The fact is that while the CPM continues to expand, the BJP has improved at the expense of the Congress and the Trinamool,” said CPM spokesman Gautam Das.

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