BJP demands central intervention in Tripura

Agartala, Sep 23: In a letter to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh BJP, Tripura state committee president Biplab Kumar Deb today demanded Central intervention in the state following gradual deterioration of law and order situation and failure of the state to restore normalcy. Besides, Mr Deb asked for CBI probe into the murder of Santanu Bhowmik and visit of a high power central team to Tripura. In the letter Mr Deb mentioned, Tripura is heading towards a civil war like situation with communal clashes and total breakdown of law and order due to the wrong and partisan policies of the state Government. The BJP warned that the situation would deteriorate further ‘unless timely intervention is made in respect of law and order by the Central government’. It said, the Law and order situation of Tripura has gradually turned volatile due to communal politics of the ruling CPI(M). The situation of Tripura has now gone beyond all control in the past few days following clashes between CPI(M) tribal wing Gana Mukti Parisad (GMP) and IPFT. On September 19 GMP held a rally at Agartala and on that day more than 150 supporters of both the parties were injured in the clash, about 13 police vehicles were set on fire and twelve offices of BJP were burnt / ransacked by CPI(M). “There has been huge protest against this killing not only by media persons but also public in general and political parties including BJP. We have demanded that the investigation should be handed over to CBI on the ground that in cases of murders of Minister, MLAs, Bureaucrats during CPI(M) rule, the state police failed to make proper investigation in the past,” it said. The associations of Journalists also demanded CBI investigation but the Chief Minister has not yet agreed. No compensation to the family members of the Journalist has yet been announced by the State Government in spite of demands by all concerned including BJP. “Ruling CPI(M) party has been dangerously playing a communal game in the State and finding that they would be ousted from power by BJP in the coming election, they have started a hate campaign against BJP by way of making baseless, false and fabricated and even contradictory allegations against BJP. A high power team of the Home Ministry should immediately visit the various parts of the State including Tribal areas with a view to find out the ways and means as to save the people of Tripura from violence and destruction, the letter demanded. UNI