Days after communal unrest broke out in Tripura’s Sepahijala district over the vandalism at a shrine devoted to Lord Shani, former chief minister Manik Sarkar Saturday mentioned the state authorities should take strict motion towards divisive components with out losing time.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a blood donation camp in Agartala, Sarkar mentioned, “Political forces are attempting to divide folks on Hindu-Muslim traces. Individuals are busy combating one another on these points and stay oblivious to issues like inflation, devaluation of the foreign money, lack of employment, lack of enterprise, and so forth. They’re being deviated from core points.”
In an obvious dig on the BJP which got here to energy within the northeastern state in 2018, the CPI(M) Politburo member mentioned efforts to polarise voters have been new in Tripura.
Sarkar additional mentioned, “If the federal government doesn’t wish to, nobody can dare to divide folks alongside communal traces.”
He additionally warned that some forces have been attempting to create tensions between the tribal and non-tribal communities.
“The chief minister and his authorities know which organisations are doing these items. Why don’t they name them and talk about these points… and work to resolve the true issues affecting folks’s lives,” Sarkar mentioned.
Referring to the issue of insurgency, the previous chief minister mentioned regardless of a collection of surrenders by militants final yr, makes an attempt have been being made to revive insurgency within the state.
“The federal government is definitely having this info. In the event that they don’t have the knowledge, it might be the federal government’s failure… We had stored an in depth watch once we used to run the federal government,” Sarkar mentioned.
“We used to work collectively with the Border Safety Power, Central Reserve Police Power, and the Tripura State Rifles to cease insurgents from crossing the worldwide border. These businesses had freedom then. If the federal government doesn’t undertake such methods, then issues will come up,” he added.
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