Hundreds of CPI(M) activists joined saffron camp

Ambassa (Tripura), Oct 18: In a major boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), hundreds of CPI(M) activists joined the saffron camp under 46 Surma assembly constituency in the bordering sub-division of Kamalpur in this district where BJP state vice president Subal Bhowmik embraced them into the party. The BJP held two separate meetings at Chulubari area and remote Santosia market yesterday. BJP Dhalai district committee member Paritosh Pal informed over telephone, "In those two places almost 150 activists from 61 families joined the party leaving CPI(M). Mr Bhowmik welcomed them into the party." It might be mentioned here that, the 46 Surma assembly constituency remained to be a den of the leftist in which opposition candidate won only once in 1972 in the history of state's assembly election. For last two years or more BJP continued its work there and became successful to pierce into the leftist vote bank and now got into the position to give a tough fight to CPI(M), according to the political analysts here. UNI