The Congress party of Tripura got itself a major boost as 3,500 supporters of BJP, CPM and IPFT joined the party on Tuesday.
According
to reports, the “newcomers” of the Congress accused the BJP-IPFT
government of “misrule” and harbouring an “autocratic attitude”.
Among the 3,500 people are senior BJP leader of Teliamura Ashok Baidya and 559 additional supporters of the saffron party.
Tripura
Congress president Pradyot Kishore Debbarman claimed that more than
50,000 workers from other parties had joined Congress in the past month.
He
also claimed that his appeal to supporters of non-Congress parties to
join the party to fight for democracy, development, employment and for
upholding the secular ethos of the Constitution had worked wonders.
Debbarman
said that he had a meeting with Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)
Sriram Taranikanti where he demanded that video footage of polling in
all booths of West Tripura be made available to all parties.
The
royal scion further said that he has also informed the CEO that he will
move the Supreme Court if the video footage is not made available for
public scrutiny.
Debbarman claimed that Tripura had spent Rs 2.5
crore to ensure 100 per cent video recording and CCTV surveillance in
and outside polling booths so that incidents of rigging and violence can
be captured.
He also said that he has asked the CEO to ensure
that no inappropriate incidents occur when the East Tripura seat goes to
the polls.
