Sonamura, Mar 11, 2023, TRIPURATIMES DESK

Sonamura Mar 11: The victory rally of the BJP took a violent turn at Sonamura as some of the alleged saffron party supporters ransacked and set on fire the Sonamura CPM Office on Saturday. Local CPM MLA vehemently condemned the act. BJP leaders also condemned the incident and claimed that the miscreants were not BJP activists. Both parties – CPM and BJP – demanded stern actions against the miscreants.

With the initiative of the Sonamura Mandal Committee, a victory rally was held in Sonamura today as per the Statewide party programme. Sonamura, unlike other areas, remained peaceful even after the results were announced on March 2 last. CPM candidate Shyamal Chakraborty retained the Sonamura seat defeating the BJP candidate.     

However, the good name of Sonamuar in maintaining peace was dashed after some miscreants from today’s BJP rally barged into the CPM’s Sonamura Local Committee office, destroyed the furniture and documents of the office and finally hurled a Petrol bomb. As flames engulfed the Party office which is located in a crowded place adjoining shop keepers started frantic attempts to save their shops and goods. However, Fire Service personnel quickly responded and doused the fire.

The incident immediately drew criticism from common people and CPM leaders. CPM MLA Shyamal Chakraborty alleged miscreants of outside the Nagar Panchayat areas were involved in the attack. The saffron party leaders also condemned the incident claiming that some CPM activists became BJP supporters after the poll results were announced – and those over-enthusiastic turncoats committed the incident.

All the leaders demanded strong action against the perpetrators.