CPM delegation meets Manik Saha

Agartala: A six-member delegation of CPM on Monday met Tripura chief minister Manik Saha over post-poll violence in the state and claimed that more than 2,000 incidents of attacks on opposition party activists were reported since March 2, the day assembly results were declared.
Former CM Manik Sarkar said Saha assured the team of taking appropriate steps to stop such violence.
“We have seen widespread violence from the day of counting. At least 2,016 attacks, including assaults, arson, ransacking and burning of rubber plantations, were reported in our state,” he told reporters here after the meeting with the CM at his residence.
One CPM worker, who was attacked on the day of counting in Khowai district, breathed his last at GBP hospital here, while four more died of shock following such violence, he said.
“Today, our delegation met the CM and submitted a representation, mentioning the violence on CPM leaders, workers and supporters. He assured us of taking appropriate steps to stop such attacks,” he said. Sarkar claimed that “BJP seems very disappointed over its declining vote share” in the recently concluded assembly elections in the northeastern state.
“The BJP thought that the entire opposition would be wiped out in the state but the results showed a steady decline in its support base with vote share reducing from 51% to 39%. More so, the seat tally has reduced by 11 as compared to the 2018 assembly elections,” he said.
The veteran Left leader also claimed that the “BJP’s support base is eroding” in the northeast region as the party got around 40-odd seats together in the recent elections to Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland.