BJP Men Behind Attack on Party MLA, Supporters in Tripura, Says CPI(M)

In yet another instance of BJP’s growing intolerance and violence against  the political opposition in Tripura, especially the CPI(M), men allegedly belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday attacked participants, including a convoy carrying a state MLA, who had come to attend a meeting addressed by former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.
“Such attacks on opposition political parties and local body office-bearers have become a common feature in Tripura. The BJP state government is responsible for this deplorable state of affairs,” said a statement issued by the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). 
Detailing the violence on the party office in Bishalgarh where former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was addressing a meeting on the  the statement said, “On November 16, a meeting addressed by Manik Sarkar, leader of the opposition, at the Bishalgarh CPI(M) office was encircled by BJP men, who tried to disrupt the meeting. Earlier, BJP miscreants had sought to prevent people coming to attend the meeting.  On their return also, many participants were attacked. 35 were injured. Narayan Chowdhury, MLA’s car was also attacked.”

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