BJP will be ousted from power in Tripura in next polls for not fulfilling promises: Manik Sarkar

Assam CM Sarma claimed that the BJP Government in Tripura has done "more than what it promised in the poll manifesto"

A day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited Tripura to launch a BJP programme, where he asserted that the party would win the upcoming Assembly polls, Leader of Opposition Manik Sarkar said people would show saffron camp the door "for not fulfilling any promise".

Mr. Sarkar, who was addressing a party programme at Rabindra Bhavan, also hit out at the BJP-led regime in the State for failing to implement the seventh pay commission.

"The gentleman from Assam extensively campaigned for the BJP in 2018 Assembly elections. He had promised 50,000 jobs in the first year if the BJP is voted to power. The leader also gave assurance that the seventh pay commission will be implemented in the first meeting of the new cabinet.

"But the question is did they [BJP leaders] fulfill any promise?" the CPI(M) leader said.

Mr. Sarma, who kicked off the saffron camp's 'Booth Bijoy Abhiyan' (campaign to win booths) on Monday, claimed that the BJP Government in Tripura has done "more than what it promised in the poll manifesto".

He asserted that his party would bag 55 of the 60 seats in the northeastern State.

Mocking the ruling dispensation over their promise fulfilment claims, the CPI(M) leader also said that "anger among State Government employees and retrenched teachers speak otherwise".