The BJP on Saturday alleged that the Left Front could rule Tripura for a long time because of its “backdoor understanding” with the Congress. BJP state president Rajeev Bhattacharjee said that though Tripura has been dominated by both parties since the state’s formation in 1972, the saffron party changed the state’s “political arithmetic” by winning 36 seats in the 60-member house in the 2018 assembly elections. , thus pushing the Congress to the margins. ,
“During the elections, the CPI(M) used to insist that the Left Front would win 50 seats, while the Congress claimed it would return to power. When the results were declared, the claim of the Left became true, while the leaders of the oldest party became communicative,” he said at a party event at Gandachera in Dhalai district.
“The people of the state are well aware of the complicated politics of both the Left and the Congress. The political alliance between the two parties, which have been advocating an alliance between secular forces, is not new in the state. ), Congress and the newly formed Tipra Motha.
Asserting that the BJP will win the 2023 Assembly elections with a massive mandate, Bhattacharjee said the saffron party does not believe in terror tactics but “will not spare those trying to create trouble”. Bhattacharjee hit back at the opposition’s allegation of deteriorating law and order, saying, “The opposition has forgotten the killings of Left Front minister Bimal Sinha and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sukhram Debbarma which took place during the Left rule. Justice has not been served till now.” In the rally, 1,504 supporters of other parties joined the BJP.
Terming the BJP state president’s allegation as baseless, CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chaudhary said, “We have no direct or indirect understanding with the Congress. We are calling upon all democratic forces to come forward to restore democratic values in the state. We never appealed for an alliance with Congress.
Senior Congress leader and former MLA Ashish Saha said, “Tripura has a long tradition of Congress fight against CPI(M). When we fought the Left parties in the state, the BJP was nowhere. The Left Front ruled the state for 35 years in two different terms from 1978-88 and again from 1993-2018. Congress ruled from 1972-78 and 1988-93.
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