Guwahati: In a new political move, the Left Front and opposition Congress in Tripura jointly urged the state’s voters on Tuesday to stand against the BJP’s misrule and step forward to put an end to this “dark regime.”
While the leaders of all Left Front committees and the Congress signed the joint statement, Tripura CPIM state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury asserted that TIPRA Motha Chief Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma also supported the appeal’s arguments.
Apart from CPIM state Secretary Jitendra Chowdhury and Tripura Pradesh Congress President Birajit Sinha, CPI state secretary Judhisthir Das, RSP secretary Deepak Deb, Forward Bloc Chairman Paresh Sarkar and secretary CPIML Partha Karmakar also undersigned the joint appeal.
An unthinkable, unusually anarchical regime has taken hold since the creation of the BJP-led Alliance administration in the state of Tripura. The unique entity of the media was annihilated, and civil rights were denied.
The Independent functioning of the opposition parties has been immobilized by throttling their voice. In fact, a one-party tyrannical rule has been imposed in the state. The right of the electors to freely cast vote has been snatched away. The election has been reduced to a farcical event”, the statement reads.
The leaders accused a portion of the police and administration in the statement, claiming that their deliberate inaction, particularly that of a portion of the police administration, allowed the ruling party to continue its undemocratic and unconstitutional actions while also tolerating the criminals who were encouraged by the ruling party.
“Incidents like murder; terror actions, looting, and extortion of money are common features in the state. The sources of means on the basis of which the people maintain their livelihood are being destroyed. In places, the people are being evicted from their ancestral land and forced to depart in other places or other states. The ferocious crimes against mothers and sisters are taking place in the state. The police won’t touch the criminals as they carry labels of ruling party followers or patronized by the ruling party. On the contrary, the framed up cases against the victims are piling up. The rule of law has been replaced by the rule of the jungle”, it reads.
Appealing to the electorates to come out against this misrule of BJP, the leaders said, “The parties of following signatories trust that, the peaceful, democratic-minded people of Tripura shall not accept the situation that has been prevailing in the state. We undersigned, earnestly and sincerely call upon the people of the state, to spontaneously come forward cutting across political identity, religion, caste and community to raise the united voice of protest against this misrule and come forward to make an end to this black regime”.
Moreover, they asked the state’s general and police administrations to take an impartial stance and play a strong, effective role in restoring the rule of law.
“Ahead of the ensuing Assembly election, we appeal to the Election Commission to take proactive measures to conduct the election in a healthy democratic atmosphere and ensure the right to vote freely by each of the voters himself”, the statement added.