“CPI-M-led Left Front will undoubtedly retain power in Tripura in February’s assembly polls winning more seats and votes,” Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) central committee member Gautam Das told the media. The Left Front in the outgoing assembly has 51 seats in the 60-member House, with the domint partner having 50 seats. Das said: “A large number of other party supporters are joining the CPI-M. In the last three months, over 3,335 people belonging to opposition parties joined the party. People are getting fed up with the BJP (Bharatiya Jata Party) and the functioning of its government at the Centre.” The Goods and Services Tax (GST), demonetisation and other steps of the central government were creating a havoc in the life of the people, he added.