Agartala Dec 5 (IANS) Alleging deterioration of law and order and attacks on its activists the BJP on Tuesday demanded President s Rule in Tripura ahead of Assembly elections due in February 2018.
"Many BJP supporters and members have been killed and attacked by CPI-M cadres. Many of our party offices have been destroyed by CPI-M cadres " BJP state chief Biplab Kumar Deb said during a protest outside the West Kotowali police station here.
"In every incident police either remain inactive or file light charges against the attackers. The BJP demands President s Rule in Tripura so that Assembly elections are held peacefully and in a free and fair manner.
"If the Left Front remains in power there will be more killings before the polls."
Bharatiya Janata Party activists also surrounded 56 of Tripura s 76 police stations on Tuesday.
The BJP alleged that the Left Front government had "completely failed to maintain law and order situation".
Inspector General of Police K.V. Sreejesh said BJP s "Thana Gherao" programme was peaceful. "We arrested a large number of BJP picketers. However they will be released " Sreejesh told IANS.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders strongly criticized the BJP. "People will subvert all the conspiracies of the BJP " CPI-M leader Narayan Kar told the media.
--IANS
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