Will Flag Atrocities On Opposition To PM, President: Tripura leader

Manik Sarkar said Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Governor Ramesh Bais have turned a deaf ear to their pleas.

Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said the opposition Left Front will approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind to apprise them of the alleged atrocities on its members. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Governor Ramesh Bais, he said, have turned a deaf ear to their pleas. During an interaction with the media at state capital Agartala this afternoon, Mr Sarkar -- leader of the opposition in the Tripura Assembly -- said the measure has become necessary as the state's BJP-led government failed to control the violence against opposition leaders across the state. Chief Minister Deb holds the Home portfolio. Mr Sarkar further alleged that the government machinery and the police have turned into a "puppet of the ruling party" and diminished into spectators while laws have been repeatedly violated. "The CPM State Secretariat body had met with Chief Minister Deb and Governor Ramesh Bais at Raj Bhavan and apprised them about the ongoing unlawful activities across Tripura. They had assured that from next day, no violence or attack will take place. The Governor had assured them that the matter will be discussed with Chief Minister and DGP," said Mr Sarkar, who is also a politburo member of the CPM.