Trinamool Congress sets sights on Tripura to gain national footprint, Abhishek to visit Agartala on Monday

With a majority Bengali speaking population and about 8.60% minority population, northeastern State provides a demographic advantage to it

During the high-pitched election campaign in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee did not attack the Left parties particularly the CPI(M). However, the only leader whose name the West Bengal Chief Minister referred to again and again during her campaign was former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. “Ask Manik Babu what the BJP has done in Tripura,” Ms. Banerjee would often refer in her speeches. Much to the advantage of the TMC, Mr. Sarkar campaigned in West Bengal largely stressing on the alleged excesses of police and administration on the economically weaker sections in Tripura after the BJP came to power in 2018.