BJP clean sweeps Tripura municipal polls: How the results may impact national politics

Despite high-decibel campaigning by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ruling BJP made a clean sweep in the Tripura urban local bodies elections, the results of which were announced on Sunday. Elections were held for 20 urban local bodies (ULBs), including the Agartala Municipal Corporation, which comprises 51 wards, 13 municipal councils and six nagar panchayats.