BJP sweeps 217 out of 222 seats in Tripura Civic Polls, TMC loses

  • The counting for the votes of Agartala Municipal Corporation and 13 municipal bodies in Tripura has been done.
  • Out of the 222 seats in AMC, BJP has won a landslide victory. The party won 217 seats.
  • This lead to the defeat of the opposition Congress, Trinamool Congress and others.
  • After TMC's sharp defeat, Ghosh described the Trinamool (TMC) workers campaigning in Tripura as "mercenaries".
  • He has said that there was a "strong relationship" between the BJP and the people of the state.