Tripura’s voters have realised their mistake, says Manik Sarkar
The Hindu
People were misled but are now returning to the Left Front, says former chief minister
On September 7 and 8, 44 party offices of the Left Front in Tripura were torched. The CPI(M) claims that 67 houses and shops of its supporters were vandalised. Scores of other supporters were assaulted leaving at least ten of them seriously injured requiring hospitalisation. Former Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar says the volatile situation reflects the frustration of the people over unfulfilled promises.
The reason is that the BJP has failed to deliver on the promises they made ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls. Urban, rural population, women, youth — in fact the entire population of the State — is angry and frustrated. They feel cheated.
The CPI (M) meanwhile has not been sitting idle. We have been raising the burning issues of livelihood, food, health care facilities and so on. Gradually, the participation of people in our campaign programmes have improved and that is what has triggered these attacks on our offices. On September 6, they tried their best to stop me from attending a protest in my constituency, Dhanpur. This was not their first attempt; time and again they have tried to stall visits to a constituency that I have represented for 25 years.
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