TMC sees an opportunity in detention of I-Pac members in Tripura
The Hindu
To use issue for politcal entry in Tripura
The Trinamool Congress sees the detention of the 23-member team of it’s political advisory firm, I-PAC, as an opportunity to build their presence in Tripura, party leaders said. The I-PAC team, which reached the State on July 20, was detained on Tuesday and later booked under Section 188 of IPC (disobedience to order promulgated by the public servant) for allegedly flouting COVID-19 restrictions. The party so far has been an insignificant force in the State, except for 2016, when six Congress MLAs joined the TMC making it the lead opposition party. But this was only a blip. Currently, the party’s State unit is dysfunctional. In 2018, the BJP won 36 seats and the IPFT won 8, while the CPI(M)’s tally was reduced to 16 and the Congress and the TMC drew a blank. The next Assembly polls are due in 2023.More Related News
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