The city is going to see a massive political activity on Wednesday as both the main contestants for West Tripura Lok Sabha seat Biplab Kumar Deb of BJP and the candidate for Congress-CPI(M) alliance Ashish Kumar Saha is going to file their nomination papers on the day. The BJP candidate for the by-election of Ramnagar assembly constituency Dipak Majumder also will submit his nomination on the same day.

Both the sides are taking all steps to display their strength on the day as all the major leaders of the BJP including the Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, state president Rajib Bhattacharjee and all others are likely to join the rally making it a glittering event. The Congress CPI(M) combine INDIA bloc parties also not going to keep any stone unturned and bring the former JNU sensation and presently a Youth Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar to give a befitting reply to the BJP stars.

Sources said that during nomination submission rally for BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb in Agartala incumbent Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar along with all to leaders of state BJP including their alliance partners Tipra-Motha and IPFT will also join the rally.

Along with BJP’s candidate for Tripura West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency, Biplab Kumar Deb and by-election candidate for 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency, Dipak Majumder will submit nomination papers on April 27 and the BJP supported candidate for Tripura East Tripura Lok Sabha seat, Kriti Singh Debbarma will submit her paper on April 28.

“A padayatra will be organised to mark the submission of nomination papers in Agartala on April 27. All senior leaders from three parties will join the programme", said a BJP leader.

“A separate rally will also be organised at Ambassa, the district headquarters of Dhalai district to mark the submission of nomination papers by the BJP-supported candidate for Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency (Kriti Singh Debbarma) on April 28,” he said.

While, addressing a press conference at Congress Bhavan on Tuesday afternoon, Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and MLA Sudip Roy Barman accompanied by AICC secretary Ms Szarita Laitphlang said that former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union president and Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar will be visiting Tripura to take part in the nomination filing rally of Congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha on Wednesday.

Congress has fielded its state president and former MLA Ashish Kumar Saha from the West Tripura constituency against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Biplab Kumar Deb, who is a former chief minister of Tripura.

Saha is slated to lead the rally ahead of filing his nomination at the West Tripura District Magistrate’s office on Wednesday in presence of all CPI (M) top leaders and leaders of INDIA Bloc parties in Tripura.

 “All the Congress leaders and activists will gather in front of Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan and a procession will move through different thoroughfares of Agartala city before Ashish Saha files his nomination. I request all students, youths and mothers to bless our candidate,” said Barman.

When Barman was asked about Congress’s plan clashing with Deb’s filing of nominations after a rally which too will begin from the Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan, he said, “When the Congress had submitted an application with the returning officer (RO), the latter admitter that there is no other application for any other gathering at the place (Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan).”

This is a matter that the administration will deal with. We have submitted our application and RO knows the matter. As they are in power, no rules will be followed (by them) and they will take advantage; but this can’t happen. I am sure the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the returning RO will take proper steps, Barman said.