The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of violent attacks on Tripura electors who did not vote for it in the Lok Sabha elections and sought deployment of the Assam Rifles, alleging the law and order in the BJP-ruled state has worsened.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera and the party’s Tripura chiefm, Pradyot Deb Barman, said as a last resort, they will move the Supreme Court demanding a compensation for victims of violence during the polls.
Khera alleged that the BJP was targeting voters who did not vote for it in Lok Sabha elections, while Barman said scared and horrified people are now hiding in jungles to save their lives from “goons supported by the ruling BJP”.
He alleged that the “criminal elements within the BJP” who were earlier with the CPI-M are behind such violence. He claimed the EC had to postpone the second phase election in the state from April 18 to April 23 due to the violence.