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| Assam Rifles organises peace expedition | AIZAWL/AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN / IANS) India's oldest paramilitary force and trained for counter-insurgency operations, the Assam Rifles has organised a cycle expedition across the north-eastern region to spread the message of peace, unity and "Swachh Bharat" as part of its 181st Raising Day celebrations. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Consumers hit by price hike, fuel crisis | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): State BJP on Thursday raising voice against the sudden price hike of Sugar by Rs 6 has staged protest in front of the food and civil supplies office at Gurkhabasti. It is to be mentioned here that State Government on Tuesday announced about the increase in the price of sugar by Rs. 6 in every kilogram of buy from the ration. However, the hiked price will be implemented from April 1. Raising voice against the price hike the stated BJP on Thursday hold demonstration and protest in front of the food and civil supplies office. However, the representative team of the state BJP also placed deputation to Food director and demanded to lessen the price of the sugar. However, placing the deputation the BJP team further said that if the price is not lessen in next 48 hours the party will host massive protest in the state. It is to be mentioned here that the sudden price hike has posed a threat to the common people. Day by day hike in the prices of commodities has hit the common mass mainly the middle class and the poor people.City residents have been again hit by inflation because the price of sugar has been increased by Rs 6 per kg in the ration here.Families from the middle- and lower-income groups have been affected most by this hike. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Police conducted drive against gambling | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN) : Police at Khowai Dist. conducted drive in various areas against illegal business of liquors and gambling, which were getting rampant at there. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura observes 181th birth anniversary | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN) : Devotees across Tripura thronged to Ramakrishna Missions on Thursday to observe the birth anniversary of Ramakrishna Paramhamsa Deb. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Congress to file nomination for RS elect | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): The Pradesh Congress is all scheduled to file nomination of candidate for the ensuing loan seat of Rajya Sabha election in Tripura. A source confirmed that the Congress will file nomination of candidate on Friday for the Rajya Sabha election. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura experiencing acute fuel crisis d | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): Petrol crisis have now become an everyday stuff for the common people. The state is continuously hit with the crippled petrol supply along with the diesel due to the poor condition of NH44. Road blockade in Assam have lead the poor condition of the petrol in the state. Adding to the sufferings of the people, long queue of people were found waiting with their motorcycles in front of the petrol pump in the vicinity of Agartala, giving rise to large scale black marketing of oil. Meanwhile; petrol crisis has hit the state capital and sub divisional headquarters. Motor cycle users of the city have been facing an unprecedented crisis following the unavailability of fuel in most of the petrol pumps, catering to the requirement of motorists of the city and its surrounding areas. Most of the motorcyclist had to wait for more than two hours in a queue to refill their vehicles.Outside in the black market petrol was available at Rs.150 to 200 per liter but that is also adulterated with kerosene. Most of the filling stations have put the board of no petrol but actually there is oil. Owners of vehicles are facing great difficulties in obtaining fuel as the NH is in pathetic condition to cater oil tankers in the state.Tripura is experiencing a major fuel crisis as the regular movement of vehicles has been badly hampered due to the dilapidated condition of the National Highway 44 in Lower Poha in Assam. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Rising illegal activities: Police conduc | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): With the rise in the practice of illegal activities, the Battala police under the initiative of SDPO Rajendra Datta on Thursday conducted sudden raid in all the restaurants and hotels at Battala to keep a check on the crime rate. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Kamalpur: Illegal transportation of cont | KAMALPUR, March 10 (TIWN): The popular and familiar notion of Churaibari police station as the den of huge illegal income for the cops, now got a silent challenge from the Kamalpur police station in Manik’s so-called ‘golden administration’. The effortless opportunity of illegal income provided by the NEC roads made the police station and its staffs very happy with huge earning. And the situation became so that the officials often claimed that, they need not to withdraw their salaries for running their family. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| 58-year old woman died in a fire inciden | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): In a bizarre incident, a 58-year old woman died on the spot on Thursday due to severe burn on the body. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Water crisis hits ADC areas in South Dis | SABROOM, March 10 (TIWN) : Aiming to eradicate drinking water problem being faced by dwellers of Sakbari ADC Village area, though, a over head Tank was set up from Thirteen Finance Commission scheme under Satchand RD Block, no initiative was made for its functioning till date. The negligent role of concerned authority is sparking strong resentment among the local residents, sources said. The over head Tank was constructed at a cost of atleast Rs. 4 crores. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| West Bengal assembly poll: A face off fo | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): The Congress-Left Front alliance for the coming West Bengal assembly polls is simply a mismatch of ideology; the tie-up is simply a mistake and devoid of any ideology. However, the outcome of the tie up will be seen in the results of the west Bengal assembly polls. It is to be mentioned here that the much talked CPI-M and congress alliance somewhat remains unsolved after CPI-M has push the ball in the court of congress. It is to be mentioned here that CPI-M has given an indirect signal to the Congress on the alliance issue throwing the ball in the court of congress. To fight against Mamata in west Bengal, the CPI (M), in an effort to form a secular and democratic alliance against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP, made it clear that it would consider if an offer comes from the Congress which reveals that they will not approach to the parties for alliance thereby pushing the ball in the court of Congress. Apart this alliance is a question to the society as there can’t be alliance where there is no similarity. Both CPI-M and congress has different ideology and strategy. | 10-Mar-2016 |
| Sanitation in remote villages of Tripura | AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): Social and economic development is not possible without basic social infrastructure for human development. Social infrastructure for human need means building a strong foundation of human development towards a dignified life for all. But at rural Tripura sanitation has remained as a neglected issue. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Kamalpur: The premier education book â | KAMALPUR, March 10 (TIWN): At present, a tone of despair is found which claims that the sector of Bengali literature and book publication continued to lose importance. And it became so as the new generation have hardly any time to read books. Even some statistics used to be presented showing the decline in the market of the industry. And hence, an air of looping catastrophe tried to be shown all around. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| CM inaugurates NIT Super-computing centr | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Wednesday inaugurated the C-DAC-NIT Agartala PARAM Super-computing centre at the Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam Block, CSE department under National Institute of Technology. The inaugural ceremony was also attended by NIT Director Professor Dr Gopal Mugeraya, Hemant Darbari Executive Director, C-DAC Pune and others. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| North East games 2016: Tripura bags the | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): The participant’s team from Tripura in the North East games brought laurels to the state making the state famous in the field of sports. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura observed No Smoking Day | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): Along with the nation, Tripura on Wednesday observed the No Smoking Day at Sukanta Academy. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura witnesses solar eclipse | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): State observes solar eclipse on Wednesday. Numbers of people were observed crowded sin front of the Sukanta Academy to observe the partial solar eclipse. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Assam Rifles cycle rally reaches Dharman | DHARMANAGAR, March 9 (TIWN): With an aim to commemorate its 181 years in service of North East region, Assam Rifles organized rally which reached in Dharmanagar on Wednesday. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Lone Rajya Sabha candidate Jharna Das Ba | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): Lone Rajya Sabha candidate from Tripura Jharna Das Baidya on Wednesday filed nomination to Assembly returning officer Bamdev Majumder at the secretariat building. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| VC Election victors took oath : IPFT & C | R S Para (Teliamura), March 9 (TIWN) : In total 14 candidates took oath on Tuesday at R S Para, under Kalyanpur block, Teliamura. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Kamalpur: Fish farmer became prey to con | KAMALPUR, March 9 (TIWN): The trumpeted ‘golden era’ turned to be the period of administrative negligence and deprivation even for the ruling party supporters at the remote parts of the state. And the reality became so grave that, a toiling fish-farming youth remained deprived of any kind of legacy from the part of the police as well as from the Department even after four days of the planned destruction of his long earned wealth. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Many Govt. organizations are left closed | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN) : Although funds are being allocated from the central govt. but no work is going on in many organizations across Tripura. They neither have infrastructure, nor have any kind of facility, whether signboards are hanging before the institutions. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Unemployment toll rises high: Unemployed | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): Unemployment stands as serious problem in Tripura as young graduates have no place to search jobs other than enrolling names as CPI-M cadres in party offices. With the increase in number of pass out students, the number of unemployed is also raising high. The unemployed youths of the state, from nursing department placed deputation to Health Minister Badal Chowdhury on Wednesday at Mantri Bari road demanding jobs in the state for their livelihood. A total of 20 students under nursing department from GNA nursing institute placed deputation as they are not recruited for the jobs. Failing to get jobs under the regime of CM Manik Sarkar, the unemployed youths met Health Director followed by Deputy Director over the same issue. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Awareness camp observed on 'No Smoking' | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): Authorities were conducting awareness programmes over 'No Smoking Day' in the State, several areas of Ganja plantation are yet growing unchecked. It is to be mentioned here that the state is where observing No Smoking Day and organizing several awareness camps, Ganja Plantation stands a serious problem. Ganja plantation has been flourishing in various interior parts of the State. Even though thousand hemp of illegal ganja plantation have been destroyed by the Depart of the state, the plantation is yet flourishing in the interior parts of the State. Sonamura Sub-division is also among one of the area where Ganja Plantation is being done excessively. People cultivate the Ganja plants and do business for crores and also smuggle to Bangladesh to fetch hefty amount of money. Reportedly, despite of prolonged many days of continues business of Ganja Plantation in that area, the department seems less interested to curb it down.Although, at the time when Subhasis Das Chakraborty was the SDM of the Sonamura several drives had taken place to curb down the Ganja plantation, but the situation has beome worse presently. At that period, Sonamura Sub-Divisional Administration staff along with BSF personnel jointly carried out destruction operation over Ganja Plantation at Chandicherra area of Dakshin Taibandal ADC Village under Mohanbhog R D Block and many other parts. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura Budget session-2016: BAC to hold | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): With an aim to finalize the Tripura Budget session, BAC schedule to hold a meeting on March 15. It is to be mentioned here that Tripura budget session is expected to begin on March 18. Reportedly, the state committee has finalized the business for the upcoming budget session long back. It is expected that this budget session will public the most awaited case of the Yusuf commission. It is to be mentioned here that during the last hearing of the Yusuf Commission report in the Tripura High Court, public prosecutor on behalf of the Government demanded for more time. However, it is expected that the Yusuf Commission will be made public during the budget session hoisted by the State Government. However, despite of several demands made by the opposition parties to make the report public but due to some issue it could not be done. However, the Tripura High Court has asked the State Government to public the report in the budget session. Keeping eye on the security measure during the budget session hour speaker of Tripura Assembly imposed some restrictions on the movement of members, staffs and audiences in the assembly premises for security reason during the budget session.According to the direction, no person or vehicle except rickshaw are allowed to enter in the session without having valid pass till the ending of session. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Dharmanagar Book-fair 2016 may undergo h | DHARMANAGAR, March 9 (TIWN) : With the budget of atleast Rs. 6 lakhs, Dharmanagar Book fair-2016, which is to be inaugurated on March 10, is undergoing with major possibilities of losses with its un-booked 44 stalls. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Malaria grips remote hamlets | SABROOM, March 9 (TIWN): Many people have fallen ill due to malaria in different remote rural hamlets across South district ahead of dry spell. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Price hike: Sugar price increased by Rs. | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): State Government has increased the price of sugar from the ration by Rs. 6 in every kilograms. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| MBB State University: Procedure for sele | AGARTALA,March 9 (TIWN): Process for the selection of Vice Chancellor for MBB state university most likely will be a farce affair as Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will be appointing his favorite lameduck in this coveted post It is expected that CPI-M intellectual Shyamal Chakraborty whose exposure is limited to Calcutta University Chemistry laboratory is the chosen candidate for VC post. Manik Sarkar has always been promoting Shyamal Chakraborty and his corrupt family and brother scamster BDO Bimal Chakraborty at the cost of public money for scoring narrow political interest. Once In the assembly also Manik Sarkar skillfully sent the University bill to select committee out of love towards Chakraborty family so that scamster Bimal’s brother Shyamal Chakraborty can become new State University’s Vice Chancellor. The state varsity is scheduled to start its maiden journey from upcoming academic session. Currently, two Varsities- ICFAI and Tripura Central University are functioning in the state. Even though Tripura has a full fledged Central University where students excel in studies, no control of State Govt and campus is unpolluted from CPI-M's propaganda, but Manik Sarkar led CPI-M felt the need for a State Govt controlled University so that rather than studies,it will be a breeding ground of communist student leaders like JNU Delhi. | 09-Mar-2016 |
| Attack on Minister Manik Dey : reason be | AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN): With the violent attack on Minister Manik Dey, it has proved that party keeps under table relationship with the mafia gangs for their own benefits. Although the attacker is arrested but there is no major progress in the case.Allegedly in the name of illness the big heads of the Melarmath office are trying to hush up the issue for saving corrupt episode of the CPI-M party.It is to be mentioned here that the there is no major progress in the case. Question arise is it a process of hushing up the case to save the corrupt links of the CPI-M party in front of the common people.Security of all ministers of the state cabinet has been beefed up following the attack on Manik Dey, transport minister inside Melarmath CPI (M) party office. Following the instructions of chief minister Manik Sarkar DGP K Nagraj has increased the security of all ministers.Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Choudhury was injured when he tried to prevent an attack on Transport Minister Manik Dey by a youth in the CPI-M party headquarter. Police arrested the accused youth identified as Samir Debnath of Ranirbazar under Minister Dey's constituency and accordingly produced him to a local court today demanding 7 (seven) days police remand.Court, however, send the accused person for 5 days police remand. A personal dairy having details of some ministers of the state with their photographs was also recovered from his possession. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| State-run banks' bad loans rise by Rs.1 | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, March 9 (TIWN) Non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, of public sector banks (PSBs) have increased by close to Rs.1 lakh crore in the first nine months of the current fiscal, parliament was informed on Tuesday. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| State observes International Women†| AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): Along with the world, Tripura also celebrated the International Women’s Day on Tuesday. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| State NSS Cell observes International Wo | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): State NSS Cell on Tuesday observed International Women’s Day at Matangini Pritilata Hall. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Intl Women's Day : Cong-CPI-M alliance e | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought an early passage of the “long-awaited†bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women.Sonia Gandhi said that the concept of "maximum governance" - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's catchphrase -would mean giving "women their rights". However, surprisingly Tripura social Welfare Minister Bjita Nath has told TIWN on the occasion of Women's Day-2016, that men & women in Cabinets would be equalized with reservation. Same is said by the Cong. President Sonia Gandhi, "The Women Reservation Bill requires the government's attention and parliament should pass it at the “earliestâ€. However, replying to her demand, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said that the government was trying to evolve an elusive consensus on the controversial women's reservation bill.The bill was first introduced by the Deve Gowda government on September 12, 1996.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday stressed on the importance of “women-led development,†in his address at the valedictory session of the National Conference of Women Legislators, in the Central Hall of Parliament. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| CBI gets custody of CPI-M leader accused | KERALA / AGARTALA March 8 (TIWN / IANS): A court here on Tuesday allowed the CBI three days of custodial interrogation of CPI-M politician P. Jayarajan who is an accused in the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Kathiroor Manoj.The Thalassery principal sessions court asked the Kannur jail superintendent to make all arrangements for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to interrogate Jayarajan for three days starting on Wednesday. Jayarajan, who suffers from a heart ailment, has been convalescing at a hospital in Kozhikode. The Thalassery court had on February 12 sent Jayarajan to a month's judicial custody after he surrendered before the district sessions court. Soon after his surrender he was taken to the Kannur jail. From there, owing to his ill-health, Jayarajan was first moved to a hospital near here and from there to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital. The CBI had been seeking since February 17 the court's direction to allow Jayarajan's custodial interrogation. Jayarajan is former Kannur district secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). He was booked by the CBI for conspiracy under Section 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in the murder of RSS worker Manoj.The CBI had earlier claimed that Jayarajan, the 25th accused in the murder of Manoj, is the brain behind the killing. Manoj, 42, a district functionary of RSS, was hacked to death at Kathiroor in Kannur district of Kerala on September 1, 2014, allegedly by a group of CPI-M workers. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| National Integration Tour: Students vis | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday flagged off a twelve days long National Integration Tour at Assam Rifles. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| North East India has kept women away fro | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA , March 8 (TIWN / IANS) Though socially advanced with high literacy rates, the northeastern states have an unenviable record of women's representation in their legislatures, people in the know said on the occasion of the International Women's Day. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| AMC Mayor presents Vote-on-Account for t | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): Vote-on-Account of Agartala Municipal Corporation for three months from April 1 to June 30 has been presented on Tuesday at AMC office. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Delhi, Dhaka to sign $2 billion loan dea | Dhaka, March 8 (TIWN / IANS): Dhaka and New Delhi will sign the final agreement on a $2 billion credit from India on Wednesday. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Oath taking ceremony held at Kalyanpur b | KALYANPUR (Teliamura), March 8 (TIWN) : In total 9 candidates took oath on Tuesday at Kalyanpur block. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Truck burnt into ashes after massive fir | DHARMANAGAR, March 8 (TIWN) : Tension prevails at Dharmanagar after a truck was burnt into ashes, which was full of crackers inside it. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Women walk several kilometres to fetch o | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): Just when the celebration of the International Women Day being observed in state, several women residing in the interior parts of the State yet today walks several kilometres just to fetch one bucket of water. | 07-Mar-2016 |
| Crime against women on rise: rampant kid | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): With just the beginning of another year, reports of rape and murder hit the safety and security of the girls in the State. | 07-Mar-2016 |
| Intl Women's Day: Tripura’s lone | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 8 (TIWN) : Tripura’s lone woman in Manik Sarkar’s cabinet, Bijita Nath spoke to TIWN from New Delhi while attending the National Conference of Women Legislators’ organized by Central Govt. Tripura Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath urged Prime Minister Modi for women reservation to fill up the gaps between men and women in workplaces.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday stressed on the importance of “women-led development,†in his address at the valedictory session of the National Conference of Women Legislators, in the Central Hall of Parliament. PM said we must think beyond “women development,†and move towards “women-led development.â€Bijita Nath while talking over phone to TIWN on Monday evening conveyed her greetings and best wishes on ‘International Women’s Day’ which falls on March 8, Tuesday. While talking from Delhi, Minister asserted on the women’s rights, equality, shunning gender bias in all fields of work in India.However Minister skirted away the most important topic why CPI-M Govt failed to provide employments to massive educated women in Tripura. She said, “Tripura women although performing themselves well in educational field, but women with right skillsets are not upto the mark on other professional sectorsâ€.Congratulating the Speaker, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, for her leadership and vision in the organization of this Conference, the Prime Minister said that in addition to the structured component of such events, experiences shared informally among delegates are also extremely enriching.Prime Minister said multi-tasking, which is considered to be a very important element of modern-day management, comes naturally to women. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| Tripura celebrating International Women | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN) : Along with the whole country, landlocked state Tripura, too is observing International Women’s day to celebrate the gender who are holding half population of the world. Colourful rallies and slogans have been started in Tripura to mark International Women’s Day-2016. But question remains, will Women’s Day celebration make the lives of those women better in Tripura, who are tolerating everyday injustice from this lawless society? On Saturday afternoon, however, with the initiative of Social Welfare & Social Education department a rally was organized where women themselves acted as a part of the rally and voiced against the dowry system, rapes, murders and related other tortures upon women. Although it was a good initiative, taken by the women of the capital city, but in reality, people of the rally might have forgotten all about their messages and significance of international womens day.Tripura ranked 4th in ‘Crime Against Women’, according to the recent report given by NBRC.Rating the state with 88 % crimes, the NBRC report further said that, among the north eastern states Tripura stands second, whereas Assam tops the list in the NE states with 19139 registered cases. | 07-Mar-2016 |
| Intl. Women’s Day: How much worth | AGARTALA, March 8 (TIWN): Women in Tripura are still suffering from lack of time and opportunities in the male dominated society, says Chairperson of Tripura Commission for Women on Monday ahead of International Women’s Day. | 08-Mar-2016 |
| CPI-M holds press meet: Jharna Das Baid | AGARTALA, March 7 (TIWN): CPI-M state Secretary Bijan Dhar in a press meet at state party office said that incumbent MP Jharna Das Baidya has already filed her nomination papers for the state’s lone Rajya Sabha seat. | 07-Mar-2016 |
| ‘Women Empowerment only can work w | AGARTALA, March 7 (TIWN) : On the eve of International Women’s Day-2016, Tripura Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty says that “Education is the first step for developing a section of people and thus for women also, Education comes firstâ€. “The countries which are developing fast, if we look, it will show that Education is the key behind this development and women sharing the half population have rights to produce the same amount of human resource for the society like menâ€. Displaying the participation of women of Tripura in Education field, he further said, “In Tripura, Women are really doing good in regard of Education. In Board Examinations it’s often seen that the passing percentage of girls are higher than the boys, which is really appreciableâ€. “However, women are still lagging behind than men due to lack of Education amongst the parents, but the state Govt. is trying to utilize the central funds for progressing Education in Tripuraâ€, says Minister. However Minister avoided topics about the massive unemployments, rapid escalation of violence against women, statewide rapes, murders of girls from the age of 6, starvation deaths of women. | 07-Mar-2016 |
| Over-loading truck with LGP cylinders me | TELIAMURA, March 7 (TIWN) : In yet another incident 2 persons injured when a vehicle with huge number of cylinders turned upside down on Assam-Agartala National Highway at Teliamura. | 07-Mar-2016 |
| CPI-M, Congress Bengal pre-poll tie-up : | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, March 7 (TIWN): Finally, in the run-up to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2016, the Congress and CPI-(M) are bracing themselves for a prospective electoral tie-up. However, the highest decision-making bodies of both the parties are yet to take a final call on this issue. Both of them claim an alliance to have been already formed at the grassroots level. However, none of the party bigwigs are aware of the detrimental repercussions of such an alliance. The CPI-(M) Central Committee has only called for unity of all ‘secular and democratic’ parties to come under one platform in a bid to combat ‘communal’ forces which are taking roots in Bengal. So they have not directly issued Congress a proposal for an electoral tie-up. On the other hand, the Congress high-command is still keeping mum over this issue. Fact is Whenever any political party struck an alliance with CPI-(M), it did not last. As because they never actively participated in any Government.They only extended support from outside.In this way, they hold trumps. They play a ‘politics of blackmail’ in one way or the other. Nothing illustrates this better than the UPA-I regime.One would like to recall that in the run-up to the Indian General Election 2014, the CPI-(M) lambasted the UPA-II regime by invoking the 2G Spectrum scam, Coal scam and others time and again. | 07-Mar-2016 |