Thread by @hrishirajanand_

#TripuraMunicipalResults
Total Seats= 334
BJP= 329
CPM= 3
TMC= 1
TIPRA= 1
The results to the pan-India must be that BJP has done a lot of work in the State. However, the reality remains restricted in the minds of the locals there. (1/5)

As per the conversations that I have had with locals from Agartala, Belonia and Dharamanagar, ambience of fear prevailed from at least 2 nights prior to the polls. Threats were being given to locals that they shouldn't go for voting else the result won't be good for them.(2/5)

After the State saw a series of vandalism, not a lot of people were there to cover the polls either because they feared that they would be punished by the State for the same. Poll rigging as per locals was at its peak. Outsiders, ones they didn't know captured booths.(3/5)

The ones who inspite of the threats went to vote, to exercise their democratic right, were either assaulted or were scared off by the goons. Candidates kept asking for help from the police who remained a mute spectator to whatever was happening.(4/5)
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My detailed report on the polls carrying accounts of the voters and the candidates will be out soon on @thewire_in. You'll see the extent of intimidation that the citizens of the State have undergone.(5/5)
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