In a letter to the Election Commission, CPM alleges a mismatch between the actual turnout and the 'official' figures for three Assembly segments under the West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.
Tripura CM Dr Manik Saha suspended all his public events for the day as a mark of respect for Haque. CPIM state secretary Jitendra Chaudhary said Haque's "untimely death is an irreparable loss".
CPM state chief Jitendra Chaudhury says ‘anti-communist terror-mongers’ within the ruling BJP seemed to have ‘thrown a challenge’ to the CM's democratic gesture.