Opposition will boycott President’s programmes

Opposition CPI(M) welcomed the two days visit of President Droupadi Murmu in Tripura starting from Wednesday, but decided to abstain from two programmes including a civic reception programme by Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC).

CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury through a press statement said that the during the visit of President, the state government will organize civic reception and another government programme and the state government has sent invitations to the CPI(M) state secretary, party MLAs and former MPs, but the state secretariat members of the party welcome the visit of President and decided to be absent from both programmes in protest of four and half years long violence against opposition.

Chowdhury said that there are no rules of law and everyday there are attacks on personal liberty and citizen’s rights and now the present situation goes that even the rights to pay tribute to martyrs of the party have been snatched by the ruling party.

CPI(M) hoped that the President will realize the suffocation environment prevailed in the past four and half years and from her position will take steps to restore the rights of people in the state.