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Congress fears another ransack in Congress Bhawan after TMC’s victory, demands security arrangements from police: huge security deployed outside Congress Bhawan to avoid any untoward incident
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Congress fears another ransack in Congress Bhawan after TMC’s victory, demands security arrangements from police: huge security deployed outside Congress Bhawan to avoid any untoward incident
PHOTO : Huge security deployed outside Congress Bhawan. TIWN Pic May 19

AGRATALA, May 19 (TIWN): Huge security including TSR and police force was deployed outside congress bhawan on Thursday following the massive victory of TMC in WB Assembly polls which has torn apart the CPI-M and congress alliance adopted earlier for the defeating TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.
It is to be mentioned here that following the suspension of senior Tripura leader Sudip Roy Barman and 14 youth leaders for anti-party activities and openly criticising central leaders Congress supporters had created massacre in the congress bhawan.

However, fearing the repetition of such incident congress heads has asked for security arrangements in the congress bhawan.

Reportedly, At least four Congress workers and two journalists were injured when the agitated party members ransacked the party office here even as a huge police contingent led by senior police officials have rushed to the spot and controlled the situation. 

A large number of security personnel are deployed in front of the Congress Bhawan to foil any further violence.

Protesting against the Congress' electoral tie-up with the Left in West Bengal, many top Congress leaders, including Barman, who is the legislature party leader and leader of opposition in the assembly, quit their posts last month.

Earlier Immediately after the announcement of the suspension, their angry supporters ransacked the party headquarters and vandalised furniture, computers and other property.

Protesting against the Congress' electoral tie-up with the Left in West Bengal, many top Congress leaders, including Barman, who is the legislature party leader and leader of opposition in the assembly, quit their posts last month.

Barman, in his resignation letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, said: "In spite of your understanding of the CPI-M's unpredictable character, its treacherous role in the past, anti-national thinking and activities and the immense barbaric atrocities upon Congressmen in West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala, you have given the nod to this so-called alliance/seat adjustments."

He said the party's alliance with the Left Front led by Communist Party of India-Marxist in Bengal would have a far-reaching political impact at the national level.

Former Opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman and Tripura Pradesh Youth congress Sushanta Chowdhury have already resigned from the party and in their resignation letter they have mentioned that the resignation letter has been submitted in protest of the unethical alliance between Congress and the Left Front in West Bengal Assembly Election.

 

 

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