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CPM’s Jitendra Chowdhary becomes CM contender!

New Delhi: In Tripura, Jitendra Chowdhary is the chief ministerial candidate from the CPM. Although the party gave him authority and has not formally made him a claimant but has cut the tickets of Manik Sarkar, who was the Chief Minister for 25 years and other MLAs who were ministers with him. Jitendra Chaudhary is the only MLA from the CPM who won last time, who got ticket this time also. CPM also gave this message to him that he is the contender for the post of Chief Minister. Dr Ajay Kumar, in-charge of the Congress in the state, has announced that Jitendra Chowdhary will become the CM if a joint government is formed between the Left and the Congress.

Anyway, Congress does not have any ‘vote capital’ in the state. Its entire vote bank went with the BJP. CPM got more than 42 per cent votes despite losing. This means that it has largely retained its votes. The Congress, on the other hand, came down to two per cent votes as its entire vote went with the BJP. Despite this, the CPM has given 13 seats to the Congress. So, there is no special hope for the Congress. But Ajay Kumar, referring to Jitendra Chaudhary’s tribal identity, declared him the CM’s claimant. Both the parties can get the benefit of this. The state has 20 seats reserved for tribals and is dominated by the IPFT, an ally of the BJP, and Tipra Motha, another tribal party. Both CPM and Congress are hoping to make a dent in the ST vote by naming a tribal chief minister.

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