AGARTALA: Leader of the opposition Manik Sarkar has abstained from attending the selection committee meeting on Friday scheduled for appointment of chairman, Tripura State Human Rights Commission, in protest against the violence allegedly unleashed by the ruling BJP cadres across the state especially on CPM supporters and five media outlets.
Sarkar said BJP cadres used bulldozers in broad daylight on Thursday and dismantled their party office in Gandhigram, northern outskirts of Agartala and set it on fire in the presence of police and hundreds of people. They said BJP goons hurled several bombs at the house of senior party leader Madhab Saha, the fifth attack in the past three days, he alleged.
Meanwhile, Union minister of state for empowerment and social justice Pratima Bhowmik denied the allegation of CPM leaders, including Manik Sarkar.
