Three MPs of opposition CPI (M) on Friday announced that they will boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in Tripura on Saturday.
“We the 3(three) MPs of Tripura have taken conscious decision to
boycott the functions at Agartaia to be attended by the Hon’ble Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi tomorrow on 9th February 2019,” the
statement by Jitendra Chaudhary, Shankar Prasad Sutta and Rajya Sabha MP
Jharna Das Baidya read.
The statement further said that the proposed Citizenship Amendment
Bill would harm the interests of Northeast India and pose a threat to
the secular spirit of the country if it is passed in Parliament.
The Bill was conceived against the spirit of the Constitution of
India, the joint statement said. The MPs appealed PM Modi and the BJP-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to withdraw the
legislation from placing it in the Rajya Sabha to respect sentiments of
people from the Northeast.
As per latest reports, PM Modi would land at Maharaja Bir Bikram
(MBB) Airport at 3 PM tomorrow. He would unveil a statue of the Maharaja
Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, the last reigning king of Tripura,
and address a public rally at Swami Vivekananda Maidan here later in the
afternoon.
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