3 more Tripura govt staff suspended for participating in election campaign

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended three more Tripura government employees including a security personnel for participating in political events and election campaigns, violating the model code of conduct (MCC), officials said on Monday.

 An election official said on Monday night that Partha Pratim Debroy, a government teacher, Rasu Chowdhury, an Education Department staff and a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan Kishan Debbarma were suspended by their authorities for participating in election campaigns and political events.

The Education Department and the TSR seventh battalion commandant separately took the action following the direction of the Election Commission.

Earlier on April 4, the Commission had suspended Special Police Officer (SPO) Suman Hossain in the West Tripura Parliamentary constituency for participating in election campaigns, violating the MCC.