Tripura emerging as role model among big states that don't have double-engine governments: PM Modi

New Delhi , March 9 : While launching the 'Maitri Setu' connecting Tripura and Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the state is emerging as a role model, which do not have a double-engine government.

Speaking through video conference, PM Modi said, "Tripura is emerging as a role model among the big states that don't have double-engine governments. The governments who waste their time quarrelling with Delhi are also realising. Once a power-deficit state, Tripura is now a power surplus state." He further said Tripura was "pushed back by the strike culture for many years" by the earlier governments.