Meanwhile, a large section of voters of the state though expressed concern over the polling of Tripura Urban Local Body which allegedly was not held in a free and fair manner had stated that it is better to vote for the BJP party which is currently ruling the state having a double-engine of both Centre and State. “We want development and not politics, but the way Tripura is moving forward with turmoil all across, it is better to refrain from voting for other parties and look forward to development with double-engine government functioning in the state,” the voters said.While another section of voters had reacted sharp on ‘throttling’ voice of democracy and said that the people of the state wanted a change in 2018 election so that the state is rescued from the 25 years misrule of the CPI-M and its Left front, but the change that took place is now seemed to be turning worst. They stated, “Throttling the voice of the general public will not bring any development of the state; rather this shall make other parties take an advantage out of it and unseat the BJP from Tripura.”The Trinamool Congress first hit the headlines in Tripura in July when 23 members of political strategist Prashant Kishore’s Indian-Political Action Committee (I-PAC) were detained and forced to stay inside a hotel in Agartala on the charge of violating Covid-19 norms.Centering the issue, Trinamool Congress bigwigs, including general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Bengal minister Bratya Basu, and some parliamentarians have started visiting the state to expand its base beyond West Bengal that invited tussle between the two political parties several times and since then the Tripura stated witnessing an unprecedented political violence, which perhaps continued hitting ground during the civic body polls in the state.Though the violence in Tripura is not as widespread and intense as in West Bengal, there are chances that the situation might worsen by the time the northeastern state goes to polls in 2023.
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