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AGARTALA, April 1 – Battle lines are drawn for the elections to the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura with candidates of the ruling Left Front, who won in the last general elections, looking to increase their margins when the elections are held in the State on April 22, reports PTI. In the 1999 elections, CPI-M candidate Samar Chowdhuri contesting from the West Tripura constituency defeated his nearest rival from Trinamool Congress Sudhir Ranjan Majumder, former Chief Minister of Tripura by a margin of 1,98,399 votes.

The same result was achieved by the CPI-M in the East Tripura...

GUWAHATI, April 1 — Population pattern plays a key role in determining the fate of political parties in several key Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam and there are constituencies where the Congress have traditionally done well even during the polls which were held amidst anti-Congress wave in the State. According to records available in the Election Commission of India website, in Dibrugarh constituency, dominated by the tea tribes, the Congress have been doing very well for years together and no party even came close to posing a serious challenge to the Congress in successive elections. In...

SHILLONG, April 1 – The regional political parties of Meghalaya are yet to release a common manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha polls, even as electioneering is picking up in the hill State. Four regional parties – United Democratic Party (UDP), Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP), Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) have set up a consensus candidate, Loniak Marbaniang under the banner of Regional Parties’ Alliance (RPA) for the Shillong parliamentary seat.

Filing of nominations for the April 20 Lok Sabha elections in the State...

IMPHAL, March 31 – Two more candidates filed their nomination papers on Tuesday for the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency for the ensuing 14th Lok Sabha elections. Manipur will go on polls on April 20 and 26 in two parliamentary constituencies – Outer and Inner seats.

With the two nominations filed on Tuesday morning, altogether six candidates from different parties have filed their nomination papers for the Outer parliamentary constituency.

Sitting MP Holkhomang Haokip of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) submitted his papers to the Imphal West Deputy Commissioner and Returning...

DIMAPUR, March 31 – Sternly reacting to the action of the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s government for the arrest of 18 persons related with the February 18 NNC Reconciliation meeeting from in and around Wokha, the NSCN-K has warned that it would not remain a silent spectator to the ongoing development in the state.

The Wokha district administration, according to a statement issued by the Lotha Regional Council, has arrested a total of 18 persons, mostly consisting of serving and retired State government employees from different places in and around Wokha, the district headquarter town...