Alleging attacks, Tripura BJP seeks Election Commission intervention

Agartala | Monday | 1st April, 2019

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This is for the third time the Congress candidate accused BJP of attacking him during the poll campaign but nobody has been arrested so far, he said. AGARTALA: Accusing CPM and Congress of perpetrating attacks on the ruling party supporters to unleash a reign of terror in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, Tripura BJP on Sunday demanded intervention of the Election Commission (EC) to restore normalcy. "When a Congress vehicle, followed by a bike rally, reached Tulamura market, a group of miscreants armed with sticks came out ofthe BJP office and attacked the rally. Interestingly, role of police at the spot was mere spectator," Bhowmik said. At least three Congress supporters were injured and ten motorbikes were damaged in the board daylight attack in presence of police.Bhowmik alleged that chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb had been openly instigating his party activists to launch attacks on the opposition members and reduced police to mere mute spectators..