Agartala, Jun 26, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, June 26: After a major setback in the Tripura by-elections, the Left front on Sunday accused the ruling BJP of misusing its powers and alleged that the BJP had used its economic and muscle strength to come to power.

The Left front in its press statement on Sunday stated, “The by-elections results were engineered with coercion, money and muscle power and misuse of administration.”

“Judging from the condition of the last 51 months in Tripura, the by-election results in four assembly segments are not as per expectation. The BJP misused administration and used money, muscle power etc. Voters couldn’t cast a mandate in many areas due to threats, intimidation, and violence perpetrated by the BJP. Genuine voters were obstructed from casting their votes,” said a statement issued by CPI-M office secretary Haripada Das.

The statement also said the party believes that the “democratic people” would take “lessons” from incidents that transpired in the by-polls and build extensive unity for the future.