AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 17 (TIWN): After the politburo meeting was ended, CPI-M has declared its report on Tripura Poll.

The report said, "The Polit Bureau heard a preliminary report on the results of the just concluded elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly. These results were unexpected especially since the Left Front government during its tenure has tried its best to implement pro-people programmes and strengthen the atmosphere of peace and amity.  However, given the limited resources at its command it was not possible for the Left Front to meet the growing expectations among the people. The IPFT campaigned in these elections that their victory will lead to the formation of a separate tribal state of Twipraland. The BJP-IPFT combine was able to skillfully use this with their call for a change of government".

 "This apart, the BJP deployed money on a huge scale and also utilized other resources to influence the elections.  Finally, it was the ability of the BJP to consolidate all the anti-Left votes and virtually appropriating the votes polled earlier by the Congress Party that led to the Left Front’s setback in these elections", it said.

 "However, the Left Front polled 45 per cent of the votes, while the BJP-IPFT alliance polled 50.5 per cent", said PB report.