District unlikely to allow police officers amid ongoing clashes, COVID
The Trinamool Congress, which is working to form an organization in Tripura to take on the BJP in the early 2023 Assembly elections, announced that its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will hold a rally-cum-padayatra in the state on September 15. ‘ will lead.
Senior party leaders including Kunal Ghosh, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and newly inducted Sushimita Dev are currently camping in the state to make arrangements for the rally.
However, sources said the West Tripura district administration will decide to implement restrictions under the Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Diseases Act to allow for the rally to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Senior officers of the state police are also shying away from entertainment in view of the big political program. Recent clashes and violence Around BJP and CPI(M) programs on and before September 8. Several media houses were vandalized, vehicles vandalized and journalists injured during the violence at various places in the state.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, in a statement, said he was “disturbed” by reports of attacks on the media and condemned the incidents, while directing the police to transfer the investigation to the Crime Branch (CB).
“We are yet to take a decision on granting permission for the rally (of the Trinamool Congress). A senior police officer said, we will take an appropriate decision as per the law.
Mr. Banerjee has visited Tripura twice in the last two months and has sent several groups of party MPs, West Bengal ministers and senior functionaries to oversee the affairs of the organisation.
The Trinamool Congress claimed that some BJP MLAs would join the party during the rally in the presence of Abhishek Banerjee.
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