Agartala, Jan 19, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Jan 19: Soon after ending the first round of meeting with the CPI(M) party on seat-sharing strategy for the ensuing assembly election on Thursday, Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman said, “We are working to restore democracy and rescue the people of this state from a suffocating atmosphere by defeating the BJP.”
Addressing a joint press conference at Agartala Press Club, the Congress MLA said, the move is not merely to contest and win the election; rather they are focused on building a meaningful platform of the oppositions to voice against the misrule of the BJP in Tripura.   
“We are expecting more opposition parties to join our platform and defeat the BJP. Our main agenda is to restore democracy in Tripura.” he told reporters.
Both the parties termed the discussion at MLA Hostel as 'fruitful and conclusive' to consolidate the anti-BJP votes, while the CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury on Thursday said, “The meeting aimed at defeating the BJP and protect the constitution, democracy, and assert the public life, which has been paralysed during the last five years.”
Choudhury said, “The seat sharing deal with the Congress party will be finalised soon, while the CPI(M) and the Congress party are in touch with the TIPRA Motha party. The TIPRA Motha chairman Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma extended his support to our move of consolidating anti-BJP votes.”