Agartala, Jan. 30 -- Assam Chief Minister and Chairman of Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asserted that BJP will return to power in Tripura with more seats than the tally of the 2018 assembly election.

BJP won as many as 36 seats including 11 tribal reserved seats while its electoral partner IPFT succeeded in eight seats out of 20 in the last assembly election. This time IPFT almost eroded in the hills on the wave of royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman's party TIPRA Motha.

However, BJP fielded candidates in 15 tribal reserved seats and allocated five seats for IPFT this time.

Sarma accompanied by his Manipur counterpart Nongthombam Biren Singh joined a huge colorful rally of Tripura Chief Ministe...