Yechury writes to Modi over violence in Tripura
AGARTALA: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) central committee general secretary Sitaram Yechury sought intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the recent violence in Tripura alleging that many of the CPM party offices and even media houses were attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party in a pre-planned manner.
Yechury also claimed that these attacks happened as the state government failed in its attempt to suppress activities of the oppositions in the state.
In the letter written on September 9, he stated that many party offices at different places, including the state headquarters located at Agartala, were ransacked. Yechury also alleged in the letter that the BJP cadres also damaged office of Daily Desher Katha, a Bengali daily newspaper and also mouthpiece of the CPM and ransacked houses of many CPM leaders and activists.
Nearly ten people sustained injuries amidst clashes that occurred between BJP and CPM at separate places of the northeastern state on September 8.
“We strongly urge you to intervene without any delay to stop these violent attacks against the CPI(M) and the Left Front. The manner in which the attacks took place makes it clear that the state government is grossly failing in discharging its Constitutional responsibility of maintaining law and order and trampling on the Constitutional rights of the opposition to organise political activities in a peaceful manner,” Yechury wrote in the letter to the prime minister.