Agartala sources have made a statement that though
the BJP has no elected lawmaker in Left-ruled Tripura, the party-led NDA
presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind is likely to get votes from
seven MLAs one from Congress and six from Trinamool Congress (TMC). Meanwhile
Congress MLA Ratanlal Nath, the former opposition leader of Tripura, reached
Guwahati on Wednesday while the six axed TMC legislators reached Assam's main
city on Thursday to meet Kovind.
Sources have stated that Kovind is likely to start his campaign in the North Eastern States from Thursday or Friday, while Congress-led opposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar is on a campaign tour to the region. Meanwhile when responding to the invitation of BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav, Congress MLA Ratanlal Nath told over the phone from Guwahati on Thursday stated that he had come to Guwahati to meet the NDA presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, the Congress also recently served a
show-cause notice to senior legislator Ratan Lal Nath for "anti-party
activities and meeting BJP leaders, including party President Amit Shah".
According to Congress sources, Nath may be expelled from the party after the
presidential election on 17 July.
