CPI (M) to organize mass rally on Oct 21 in Agartala against failure of BJP govt

Just few months before the Tripura assembly elections, opposition CPI(M) will organize a mass rally at Vivekananda stadium on October 21 next against the ‘misrule’ of BJP-IPFT government.

Addressing a press conference here at CPI(M) headquarters on Thursday evening, CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury said that CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury along with opposition leader and party’s polit bureau member Manik Sarkar will address the mass gathering, where party workers and their supporters from different parts of the state will gather.

Chowdhury said that the proposed rally on October 21st is not the party’s election rally, but the rally will be organized to show their protest against four and half years 'misrule' of the present state government and a protest against the prevailing lawlessness situation of the state.

Castigating the functioning of the state government, Chowdhury alleged that since the formation of BJP government, the rights of common people and the opposition party are being suppressed by the ruling party through their continuous violence.

He said that from August 16 to September 30 last, the party has organized about 175 to 180 meetings, rallies and demonstrations across the state against the misrule of the state government and in support of basic demand of the state’s people, which received massive support from the cross section of the society.

He said that day by day the law and order situation of the state is deteriorating and appealed to the state’s people to strengthen their agitation against the government to restore democracy in the state.

Mentioning the high unemployment rate and political violence in terms of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data, which make Tripura top among all Northeastern states, Chowdhury said that now Chief Minister of the state in recently held Northeast Council (NEC) meeting has admitted Tripura now turns into safe corridor of drug smuggling, which are destroying the young generation of the state.

He also alleged that during the past four and half years of rule, the BJP government failed to introduce any new project for the benefit of the state's people and claimed that the state government defamed President Droupadi Murmu by inaugurating old projects.