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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Tripura clash: 9 BJP workers injured in alleged TMP attack
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Around nine Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were injured on Sunday after the workers of Tipra Motha Party (TMP) allegedly attacked the BJP workers have assembled at Taksapara village in Khowai district to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' Programme.A police officer said that around 30 BJP functionaries were were there to listen Mann Ki Baat Programme was going on, a large number of TMP workers attacked the gathering injuring nine BJP functionaries with two of them seriously. Local people took the injured to the Khowai district hospital,' the official officer said that several bikes and two cars belonging to the BJP functionaries were damaged. A huge contingent of security forces led by senior police officials deployed in the tension ridden Mandal President Jayanta Debbarma said that when the 'Mann Ki Baat' programme was underway around 100 unruly youths of the TMP attacked the party gathering.'The attackers vandalised my vehicle too and also attacked the owner of the house where the Mann-Ki-Baat programme was organised. They also vandalised many bikes and several other vehicles,' Jayanta Debbarma told the Debbarma, state BJP's General Secretary, said that a delegation of BJP leaders from Agartala rushed to Khowai district.'Chief Minister Manik Saha and state BJP President Rajib Bhattacharjee talked with the TMP leaders and discussed the unexpected incident,' Bipin Debabrma told the Assembly Constituency is represented by senior TMP leader and Forest Minister Animesh to Bipin Debbarma, the Chief Minister, who also holds the Home portfolio, spoke with Minister Animesh Debbarma over the attackers used lathi, 'dao' (a sharp-edged weapon) and other locally made sticks to attack the BJP functionaries and members, Bipin Debbarma said, and demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the is an ally of ruling BJP in the state.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Tipra Motha "goons" attacked Mann Ki Baat event, vandalised vehicles and injured BJP workers: BJP Mandal President
BJP Mandal President Jayanta Debbarma has claimed that over 50 Tipra Motha Party "goons" attacked a Mann Ki Baat event on Sunday in Tripura's Khowai district, injuring several party workers and damaging multiple vehicles. Debbarma accused the Tipra Motha Party of trying to instill fear and disrupt a peaceful community event held in honour of the Prime Minister's address.(Papan Das) The incident took place at booth number 30 in Asaram Bari while Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat was being broadcast. According to Debbarma, the attackers arrived armed with sharp weapons, lathis and rods, and began hurling bricks and bottles at BJP workers. "Over 50 goons of the Tipra Motha Party attacked and disrupted the program. They vandalised my vehicle and also attacked the owner of the house where the Mann Ki Baat program was organised. They also vandalised 15 bikes and several other vehicles," Debbarma told ANI. He added that six BJP workers sustained injuries, with some hit on the head, mouth, and chest. "Around six karyakartas sustained injuries to the head, mouth, and chest. They brought daos, lathis, rods, and other weapons to attack us," he said. Debbarma accused the Tipra Motha Party of trying to instill fear and disrupt a peaceful community event held in honour of the Prime Minister's address. The Tipra Motha Party is currently allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is led by Chief Minister Manik Saha, the ruling party in the state. Earlier this month, Tipra Motha Party Chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma raised concerns over Bangladeshi nationals allegedly buying tribal land in the northeastern state of Tripura, claiming that the state is losing "land inch by inch." While raising the issue of the alleged land sale, Pradyot Bikram hit out at both the Congress and the BJP, accusing certain people of doing politics for "short-term gains," while the state is losing land to outsiders. "I have just got documents today to prove a Bangladeshi national has purchased land in the tribal areas of Tripura, and the property was mutated in his name. I am aware that when I raise these issues, I am attacked by a few of my friends from Congress and also certain individuals who are today in the BJP for personal gains. Should I stay silent and see our state lose land inch by inch while people do politics of short-term gains?" he said.
