Week before the February 16 assembly polls, along with ruling party, the opposition CPI (M) and Congress has also intensified their poll campaigns across the state to lure the voters in favour of their respective parties.

The star campaigners of both opposition parties have started their poll rallies, meetings and media interaction in different parts of the state.

On Thursday, Pawan Khera, media chairman of AICC speaking with the media said that Tripura is now number-1 state of the country in terms of unemployment rate with 16.1 %, whereas the national figure is 7 %.

He alleged that during the last five years of BJP, the entire state has been ruined and everywhere people are suffering for their basic rights. The political violence rate at the top of the country, said Khera and added that Tripura has never before and even the Election Commission has also expressed their dissatisfaction.

“We want to know from Modi Ji, Shah Ji and from Nadda Ji –is it your good governance promise,” said Khera and added that the people of the state will now give BJP a befitting reply over their betrayal politics.

While speaking with media at Kailasahar Deepa Das Munsi at Kailasahar said that Congress will win all 13 seats, where the party has fielded their candidates.

She said that their main agenda is to put a stop to the ‘autocratic’ rule of BJP and their party has made the seat adjustment with the Left Front. She said that a wave is flowing across Tripura against BJP as the ruling party betrayed the people of the state and made their lives miserable.

On the name of overall growth, the BJP has virtually destroyed the economic growth of the state and has also destroyed the democratic spirit of the state,  said Das Munsi and added that BJP neglected  the state from its basic rights and increased the suffering of people. She also asked the ruling BJP where there are 2018 poll commitments.

Addressing a large gathering at Dharmanagar in support of Congress candidate Chayan Bhattacharjee , senior AICC leader Alka Lamba in her scathing attacks on ‘double-engine’ governments said that during the last 8 years, the inflation reached  its peak.

Now, Tripura is known across the country as the most violent state of the country after BJP came to power, said Lamba and added that BJP does not respect democracy  and that after capturing the state’s power, BJP has intensified their large-scale attacks on oppositions. Even, they did not spare any common people, who raise their voices against the deprivation and oppression politics of BJP, said Lamba.

She appealed to the people that time has come to oust the ‘autocratic’ and  anti-people BJP government to restore peace and democracy in the state.  Lamba also urged the voters of the state to ensure the victory of all Congress and their alliance partner Left Front candidates for overall development of Tripura.