Dharmanagar, Oct 20, 2024, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Dharmanagar, Oct 20: The Leader of Opposition and the CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP and its government over the incidents of communal violence took place recently in two separate subdivisions of the North Tripura district and alleged that such incidents are being instigated to divert the mind of people from the government’s failure of implementing the promises made before the election.

Addressing a press conference here at Dharmanagar CPI(M) party office on Sunday, the LoP said that he was supposed to visit Kadamtala Block to take a stock of the communal violence took place on October 6 last. He said that he was stopped by the police on his way saying that section 163 is imposed in the subdivision following the communal tension in Kadamtala. However, Choudhury argued with the police and later refrained from moving further to the block.

Choudhury in his press conference blamed the police and held it responsible for the escalating communal tensions. He alleged “A section of police officers from the top level to the middle, who are acting on behest of the ruling party have failed to minimize the growing incidents of crimes and incidents like communal violence.”

“I thank the government for closing the Superintendent of Police of North Tripura District Bhanupada Chakraborty following the escalated tension in Pekucherra after Kadamtala block,” he said, alleging that such incidents of communal tensions are being instigated to divert people’s mind from government failure.

He said, “The present BJP-IPFT-TIPRA Motha coalition government have failed to meet the pre-poll promises made to the people of the state and now when the agitated people are coming out to raise their voice, incidents like communal tension are being instigated to throttle their voice.”