BJP supporters block road: demands arrest of former minister Pabitra Kar
BJP supporters on Tuesday staged demonstrations and blocked roads to prevent a CPM MLA team led by former Tripura chief minister, Manik Sarkar from visiting Khayerpur in Tripura.They were protesting against the alleged attack on BJP supporters by CPIM leader and former minister, Pabitra Kar and his supporters on December 20.The BJP supporters also blocked roads in four places including Kashipur and shouted slogans “Manik Sarkar go back”.BJP local leader Biswajit Shil, “If Pabitra Kar is not arrested, we will continue with the blockade.”The CPIM team had to return to Agartala as they could not enter Khayerpur, where they had gone to meet party workers injured during the attack on December 30.Miscreants had burnt and looted ransacked 30 houses of CPIM supporters, including Pabitra Kar’s house on the night of December 30.Two CPIM supporters, Litan Das and Swadhananda Das were seriously injured during th
BJP chief JP Nadda cancels visit to State
Dec 15: BJP national president JP Nadda, who is acting as the mediator between dissident MLAs and Tripura state leadership, has cancelled his scheduled visit to Tripura after testing positive for Covid-19.Nadda was to arrive on a two-day visit to the state this month to solve the internal problems arising within the BJP Tripura unit after a few dissident MLAs demanded a change in the state leadership.The dissident MLAs had shouted slogans, “Biplab Hatao, BJP Bachao” during the recent visit of BJP Tripura in-charge, Vinod Sonkar.Saddened by the slogans, Tripura chief minister, Biplab Kumar Deb had called a public meeting on December 13 to seek a public mandate on whether he should continue to rule the state.Nadda had then stepped in to resolve the issue and asked Deb to continue as the chief minister of the state.Meanwhile, Tripura MP Pratima Bhowmik said that there is no rebel group within the state BJP.The dissident MLAs had gone to Del