Preaching on ‘Peaceful Poll’ and ‘Democratic Rights’ is just an Eyewash: Congres
Agartala, Jan 15, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala Jan 15: Tripura Pradesh Congress on Sunday slammed the ruling BJP and State Election Commission over its claims on democracy and conducting a peaceful election after four LED trucks of Congress Party were attacked at Mohanpur.
AICC Szarita Laitphlang who rushed to the spot on receiving the news said, “The tall claims of Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha on democracy and law-and-order in Tripura is crystal clear in front of us today”.
“I want to question the State Election Commission over its promises on peaceful election process”, she added.
Four LED trucks that were launched by the Congress Party in view of poll campaigning were vandalized in broad daylight at Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath’s own constituency Mohanpur on Sunday.
Generator sets were robbed, LEDs and Windshields of the vehicles were smashed by miscreants.
Tripura Pradesh Congress strongly condemned the incident while accusing the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) behind the attack.
Szarita while speaking to the reporters said, “All the trucks were attacked in Mohanpur area which belongs to Cabinet Minister Ratan Lal Nath”.
Szarita further questioned if the election commission will take any action in the case and if Congress will be allowed to campaign ahead of the polls or it will be a one party campaign.
However, according to latest reports, police have recovered the stolen generator sets and have also identified a scooty numbered TR-04-AT-5104 that was used during the attack.