No lynching in Tripura in 25-years of Left-govt: Manik Sarkar
Referring to the lynching of four people in Tripura, former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has claimed that no incident of lynching occurred in the 25-year rule of the Left Front in the state. He said, "Such incidents happen when the government cannot fulfill the promises made during elections and wants to divert the attention of people pointing fingers at them." Here's more.
BJP trying to divide society on caste, creed basis: Sarkar
The Left leader was in Delhi to participate in a protest organized by the five Left parties against the "murder of democracy" in Tripura and West Bengal and incidents of lynching. Sarkar alleged that BJP failed to fulfill the promises it made in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and was "trying to divide society on the basis of class and creed".
Lynching, cow vigilantism are part of BJP's sinister design: Minister
Incidents of child-lifting, lynching, and cow vigilantism are part of the BJP's "sinister design" to divert people's attention from the failures of its government at the Center, Sarkar alleged. Minorities and Dalits are the "worst victim of this fear psychosis" prevailing in the country, he said. "The government wants to muzzle the voices of those who oppose the BJP," he claimed.
BJP-led Tripura govt failed to fulfill promises made
Criticizing the Biplab Deb-led BJP dispensation in Tripura, Sarkar said that just like the Center, the state government has not been able to fulfill its promises made in the run-up to the assembly elections. He complained that no work was being done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, "a source of income for tribal and non-tribal people in the rural areas".
