Cops block TMC march to Tripura Raj Bhavan

AGARTALA: Hundreds of Trinamool Congress supporters of Tripura were blocked by police on VIP Road near Circuit House here on Wednesday on their way to Raj Bhavan to press for a 15-point charter of demands, including restoration of democracy and improvement of law and order in the state.
The procession was led by TMC state convener Subal Bhowmik and state in-charge of the party and former minister in the Mamata Banerjee government, Rajib Banerjee, raising slogans against deteriorating law-and-order situation, employment of educated youths, breakdown of education and health services, continuous attacks on democratic institutions and selling out the profit-making organisations.
Addressing the gathering, Rajib Banerjee alleged that the people of Tripura voted the BJP-led government to power in 2018 ending the corrupt rule of communists, believing the promises of the BJP. But in four years of BJP rule, not a single promise was fulfilled, rather the fundamental rights of the people and opposition parties have been snatched away.
"Under the Biplab Kumar Deb's rule, opposition parties were not allowed to conduct their activities nor field candidates in the elections, media was not allowed to function independently, freedom of expression was stifled. Moreover, police help the BJP-backed criminals to attack the opposition. Despite registering over a hundred specific cases against BJP workers, none was arrested in the last six months," Banerjee alleged.