Security: Tripura Opposition parties hail Supreme Court order
The Hindu
Trinamool Congress filed plea in apex court on attacks by ‘hooligans linked to BJP’
The Trinamool Congress and other Opposition parties hailed the Supreme Court order delivered on Thursday that directed the Tripura Government to ensure political parties are not prevented from conducting programmes in a peaceful manner. A division bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath passed the order in a petition filed by TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev.
In her petition, Ms. Dev alleged relentless violence against her party members and sought protection for them during the entire exercise of the polls to the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), 12 municipal councils and seven nagar panchayats slated for November 25.
The bench said it expected that arrangements would be made by the State Government and the DGP. It said no party should be prevented from pursuing its rights in accordance with the law.