Agartala, Nov. 8 (PTI): A day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited Tripura to launch a BJP programme, where he asserted that the party would win the upcoming assembly polls, Leader of Opposition Manik Sarkar said people would show saffron camp the door “for not fulfilling any promise”. Sarkar, who was addressing a party programme at Rabindra Bhavan, also hit out at the BJP-led regime in the state for failing to implement the seventh pay commission. “The gentleman from Assam extensively campaigned for the BJP in 2018 Assembly elections. He had promised 50,000 jobs in the first year if the BJP is voted to power. The leader also gave assurance that the seventh pay commission will be implemented in the first meeting of the new cabinet. “But the question is did they (BJP leaders) fulfill any promise?” the CPI(M) leader said. Sarma, who kicked off the saffron camp’s ‘Booth Bijoy Abhiyan’ (campaign to win booths) on Monday, cla
Agartala, Sep. 23 (PTI): Legislators of the opposition CPI(M) staged a walkout in the Tripura Assembly on Friday after Speaker Ratan Chakraborty rejected their adjournment motion to discuss police action on supporters of Left youth organisations earlier in the month. At least four CPI(M) supporters suffered injuries when they clashed with security personnel during a protest near Circuit House on September 15. As soon as the session began, CPI(M) MLA Tapan Chakraborty sought to know about the fate of the adjournment motion that had been placed before the speaker. Chakraborty replied there was no need for the motion as opposition members would be allowed to raise the issue at an appropriate time during the two-day session, of which Friday was the first day. CPI(M) members, in protest, rushed to the well of the House, demanding that the motion be accepted. As the speaker carried on with the Question Hour, the agitating legislators walked out of the House. Later, Leader of Opposition Manik
Labelling the BJP-IPFT government in Tripura as “anti-people”, Leader of Opposition Manik Sarkar of the CPI(M) on Saturday called for “restoration of democracy” in the north-eastern state. Under the Biplab Kumar Deb government, a “suffocating situation” has been created where the democratic rights of people have been curtailed, the former chief minister said while addressing a