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INDIA’S ruling BJP claimed victory at the weekend in elections in the north-eastern state of Tripura, bringing 25 years of communist government to an end.
Official results showed that the right-wing party took 43 per cent of the vote, just pipping the Communist Party of India — Marxist (CPI-M) on 42.7 per cent.
The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), a tribal-based party allied to the BJP and linked to separatist insurgents, came third with 7.5 per cent.
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