The opposition CPI(M) through letter to the Returning Officer (RO) of 53-Kailashahar assembly constituency demanded disqualification of BJP candidate Mabashar Ali  under anti-defection law and   statutory legal requirement against BJP candidate.

CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury in a letter to the RO, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Tripura and Election Commission of India (ECI) said in many Social Media it has been reported that Md. Mabasar Ali, has filed nomination for election to the Legislative Assembly from 53-Kailashahar Assembly Constituency as a candidate sponsored by BJP.

He said that Md. Ali was elected to the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 53-Kailashahar assembly constituency as a candidate of CPI(M) in 2018. Still he is a sitting member of the assembly and as such he is a member of the CPI(M).

“Being a member of the Assembly sponsored by the CPI(M), unless he resigns from the assembly, or he is expelled by the party he may not be accepted as a member of any other party or an independent candidate. Hence,  Mr. Ali, a member of CPI(M) as a sitting MLA in the Assembly simultaneously may not be a Member of BJP as stated in his nomination filed before you,” said Chowdhury in his letter.

Chowdhury said that “in Para 3 of from ‘B’ of Symbol allotment there is a statutory declaration of the authorized signatory of the party symbol certifying that, “the candidate whose name is mentioned above is a member of this political party and his name is duly borne on the rolls of members of this party”.

As Md. Mabashar Ali neither resigned from the house of Assembly, nor from the CPI(M), in no circumstances, he may be treated as a candidate sponsored by BJP, said Chowdhury and demanded immediate  disqualification of  Mabashar Ali  for being a BJP candidate and legal action against him.