BJP to take out ‘rath yatra’ in Tripura ahead of Assembly polls
The Hindu
Election to the 60-member Tripura Assembly is due to be held in February.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura will organise a ‘rath yatra’ across the State from the first of January, as the saffron party gears up for the Assembly polls due early next year, a party leader said on Monday, December 26, 2022.
A three-member committee headed by Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury has been constituted to oversee preparations for the yatra, he said.
Election to the 60-member Tripura Assembly is due to be held in February.
“One yatra will set out from North Tripura district while another from South Tripura district,” BJP media in-charge Sunit Sarkar said.
The party’s chief spokesperson, Subarta Chakraborty, said the objective of the yatra is to seek the blessings of people in the run-up to the polls.
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“We do believe that people will join the ‘rath yatra’ to show solidarity towards the party that has addressed their basic needs,” he said.