KOLKATA: Trinamool leaders on Saturday said people were facing “state-sponsored terror” in Tripura and added that the Biplab Deb-led BJP government was trying to stop TMC from entering the state.
Bengal education minister Bratya Basu said: “People are crying and looking for shelter and support. They are facing state-sponsored terror in Tripura and BJP torture.”
Trinamool leaders would stay put in Tripura to celebrate Independence Day and organize ‘Khela Hobe Diwas’ the day after.
Basu wondered why the Tripura government was worried about the proposed visit of Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to the state. “Why are you worrying if people in Tripura are with the BJP-led government in the state? The Trinamool didn’t object to the frequent visits by the PM, the Union home minister and a whole lot of Union ministers when they made a beeline for Bengal ahead of the assembly polls. The fact of the matter was that Mamata Banerjee won a decisive victory,” he said.
TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar held that women were unsafe in Tripura. “BJP men and police are threatening women in eight districts. These women have been reaching out to villages to spread the Bengal CM’s development message,” she said.
TMC Rajya Sabha member Santanu Sen complained that the Biplab Deb government was trying to stop Trinamool from entering Tripura. “Hoteliers and tour operators have been asked to not provide accommodation and transport to us,” Sen said.
