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The AICC delegation met TPCC president Birajit Sinha who had been injured in brickbatting on Sunday.
Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha assured a delegation of the AICC that he would take stern actions against the miscreants who indulged in violence after the poll results had been declared. The Congress leaders which was led by senior MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and included party MPs, Dr Nasir Hussain and Gaurav GagoiTripura in charge Dr Ajoy Kumar and others called on the Chief Minister on Monday soon after their arrival to take stock of the situation in the wake of the attacks committed on Congress workers including PCC president Birajit Sinha and party facilities at various places.
The Congress team also demanded an impartial probe be initiated into the violence.
The AICC delegation met TPCC president Birajit Sinha who had been injured in brickbatting on Sunday.
The AICC team later held a press conference and said that the BJP was worried and unsettled at the emergence of Congress in the state politics and that is why they resorted to violence to scare off the opposition workers.
“Our newly elected MLA Sudip Roy Barman was attacked before the polls and after the polls result, PCC president Birjit Sinha and others were attacked by the BJP hooligans,” alleged Chowdhury.
They also took a dig at the Chief Minister reported remark that ‘everything was not under his control’.
“It is a matter of concern now that if any Chief Minister says that everything is not under his control or jurisdiction. However, it is reassuring that he told us that he would take all steps to restorepeace and democracy in Tripura,” he told reporters.
He said, “Despite such brutal attacks on our Congress leaders, we fought hard against the BJP in this by-elections and people voted for the congress party. Now that the BJP party is unable to accept the Congress emergence, they have started attacking us.”
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