People in Tripura will drive out CPI(M), Cong candidates: Deb

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pti-PTI

The
former
CM
asserted
that
people
will
”drive
out” the
candidates
of
the
two
parties.

Agartala,
Jan
22:
Hitting
out
at
the
CPI(M)-Congress
alliance
in
Tripura,
senior
BJP
leader
Biplab
Kumar
Deb
on
Sunday
said
the
two
parties,
”having
fooled
people
for
decades
with
fake
promises,
should
now
be
ready
to
get
a
befitting
reply” from
them
in
the
next
month’s
elections.

He
claimed
that
the
CPI(M),
which
ruled
the
state
for
25
years,
has
no
chance
of
returning
to
power.

”Communists
have
become
non-existent
worldwide.
There
is
no
chance
of
the
CPI(M)
returning
to
power
in
the
state,
given
that
it
oppressed
people
here
for
several
years,”
Deb
said
during
a
rally
in
Sonamura
area
of
Sepahijala
district.

The
former
CM
asserted
that
people
will
”drive
out”
the
candidates
of
the
two
parties.

”The
CPI(M)
has
lost
its
strength
to
contest
the
BJP
alone,
and
that’s
why
Manik
Sarkar
(opposition
leader)
is
taking
help
of
the
B
team
(Congress),”
he
stated.

He
alleged
that
the
CPI(M)
was
responsible
for
the
termination
of
over
10,323
teachers
from
service.

”The
mega
star,
who
was
standing
behind
the
former
chief
minister
(Manik
Sarkar),
during
a
CPI(M)-Congress
rally
in
Agartala
was
responsible
for
their
ill-fate,” he
said
an
indirect
attack
on
Congress
MLA
Sudip
Roy
Barman.

The
BJP
leader,
however,
did
not
elaborate
further
on
Roy
Barman’s
alleged
role
in
the
termination
process.

The
high
court
of
Tripura
had
in
2014
terminated
the
appointment
of
10,323
government
school
teachers,
ruling
that
the
recruitment
was
unconstitutional.
The
verdict
was
upheld
by
the
Supreme
Court
in
2017.

Deb
also
shot
back
at
the
opposition,
who
had
”mocked
on
his
initiatives
to
start
Indo-Bangla
water
transit
services
—
from
Udaipur
in
Gomati
district
to
Daudkandi
in
the
neighbouring
country” and
said
that
Union
Shipping
Minister
Sarbananda
Sonowal
has
informed
him
that
the
matter
is
being
pursued
by
the
Indian
High
Commission
in
Bangladesh.

Maintaining
that
the
BJP
government
in
Tripura
has
delivered
more
than
it
had
promised
in
its
vision
document
in
2018,
he
added
that
the
saffron
party
will
”win
the
election
with
a
massive
mandate”.
Election
to
the
60-member
Assembly
in
Tripura
will
be
held
on
February
16.