AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): Congress, CPI-M have staged massive agitation in Tripura’s poll bound Badharghat constituency on Sunday demanding a peaceful election, followed by events of rigging, violence alleged by these two opposition parties against BJP. State Election Commission, Police just on yesterday assured people that no law and order disturbance will be complained in this election, requesting voters to cast votes fearlessly but as soon as the election hour is zooming, violence tendency is again increased. Main allegation has been brought against BJP MLA Ram Prasad Pal against whom there was recently an arrest warrant, later clarified by Law Minister Ratanlal Nath who said, the arrest warrant was by mistake, but against Ram Prasad Pal there are uncountable complaints and video evidence displays the muscle power attitude of the MLA.

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AGARTALA, Aug 22 (TIWN): Law and order of poll bound Badharghat constituency is now under Election Commission as not even 24 hours left for much awaited by-election in the constituency but tension and panic already triggered in the constituency after BJP activists allegedly attacked CPI-M activists and a shop-keeper's home at that area. Although State Election Commission called all voters to fearlessly cast their votes on Monday since morning 7 am, but in the morning a family belong to CPI-M was threatened by BJP hooligans led by 1) Prasenjit Roy, 2) Santu Debnath which resulted in road-blockade, chaos and more tension. A huge number of CPI-M activists, leaders are now safeguarding Badharghat and met the family in Siddhi Aram and the started the agitation. The incident occurred after CPI-M members were posting banners in a shop. The hooligans also attempted to burn the shop asking why is he allowing CPI-M to post their banners. The miscreants did not stop there but also attacked the family of that shop-keeper. The family not only attacked by the hooligans but a child in the house was attempted to be beaten. Demanding immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the violence, CPI-M blocked road at Siddhi Asram.

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AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, Sep 22 (TIWN): Badharghat by-election campaigning has closed on yesterday and the election to be started tomorrow at 7 am but throughout the election season, there was no sign of Sunil Deodhar who is believed as Tripura BJP’s first driver of “Membership Abhiyan”. Tripura’s long time BJP leader, present National BJP Secretary Sunil Deodhar, who was sent by Central BJP in 2014, November 9 with heavy challenge to unseat 25 years long ruling Communist Govt on the ground of his vast experience as campaigning manager of PM Modi’s constituency in Varanasi in 2014, is no more seen in Tripura. After BJP’s victory in Tripura in 2018-Assembly-Election, Deodhar was almost never seen in Tripura, rarely visited few times but now totally disappeared from Tripura Politics and in this ongoing Badharghat election, Deodhar is finally vanished and in his absence he became widely infamous by nickname, awarded by unemployed youths as “Missed Call Baba”.

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