Meanwhile, the state police questioned the Trinamool Congress.TMC) activists after he was taken into custody for allegedly rigging a program of a ruling party.
The TMC on Sunday claimed that the Gujarat model is working in Tripura capital Agartala and said its MPs will reach Delhi to raise the issue.
The West Bengal Trinamool Congress leader was detained by the police in Tripura on Sunday. Sayani Ghosh According to news agency PTI, for questioning after a BJP worker complained that he had rigged a street meeting of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday night.
He was detained 24 hours before Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s planned visit, the news agency said.
Meanwhile, TMC leaders alleged that their workers were also assaulted by BJP supporters outside East Agartala Mahila Thana.
Our leaders are once again attacked by goons of @BJP4Tripura!!!Very worrying scenes are coming out. Entire Net… https://t.co/VPoqidE2Fe
— AITC Tripura (@AITC4 Tripura) 1637482083000
Our National General Secretary Shri @abhishekaitc will reach Tripura today to stand with all our Karyakartas where… https://t.co/Lk5NouNjjj
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) 1637494221000
In the background, TMC leader Derek O’Brien claimed that the Gujarat model was working in Tripura and said that his party’s MPs are now going to Delhi to protest the developments.
Gujarat model @AITCofficial in Tripura will never accept such fascist brutality. Trinamool MP leaves for Delhi… https://t.co/n6frZE9WNe
– Derek O’Brien | Derek O’Brien (erederekobrienmp) 1637496840000
TMC and BJP have been bitter political rivals. The BJP has often accused the TMC of resorting to violence against its cadre, especially in West Bengal where Mamata Banerjee is the chief minister.
Taking a jibe at the Trinamool Congress, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday accused the Trinamool Congress of spreading communal hatred and playing West Bengal’s violent politics in the state.
Deb was addressing a civic election rally in his constituency in Agartala’s Banmalipur. The CM alleged that TMC was targeting the goodwill and heritage of the state from day one.
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