New Delhi, Mar 09, 2023, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT/ TT

New Delhi, Mar 09: An eight-member delegation comprising leaders of the CPI(M), the CPI and the Congress will tour Tripura on a fact-finding mission in the wake of post-poll violence in the northeastern state.

The team is expected to stay in the state till March 12 after which it will submit a report. The matter will be raised in Parliament which re-convenes on March 13. 
  
The team members, comprising Elamaram Kareem, P R Natrajan, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya and A A Rahim of the CPI(M), Binoy Viswam of the CPI and two Congress MPs, besides Tripura Congress in-charge Ajoy Kumar, will try to talk to the families affected by the violence and is also likely to meet the governor.

"Our united fact finding mission to Tripura is the natural response to the atrocities unleashed by BJP. Burning houses and killing of cows mark their victory parade. Democratic values are anathema for BJP. If secular, democratic, left forces stand united, BJP can be defeated," said CPI MP Viswam in a tweet.