Tripura Politics
Tripura Police book Abhishek Banerjee, other TMC leaders for 'obstruction in police duty'
Agartala/IBNS: The political tension in Tripura has further heightened after Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his party colleagues were Wednesday booked for allegedly obstructing police from discharging their duties.
Apart from Abhishek, TMC MLA Bratya Basu, Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen, party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, former Sunamura MLA Subal Bhowmik and ex-Tripura Minister Prakash Das have been booked.
Leading from the front, Shri @abhishekaitc asked all the right questions which eventually led to the bail of all AITC workers.
— AITC Tripura (@AITC4Tripura) August 8, 2021
At @AITCofficial, we protect each other like family. We are always united in our fight against injustices.
Time for @BJP4Tripura to learn some lessons! pic.twitter.com/nZdFyJU6Zq
The action stems from a confrontation between the TMC leaders and police at Khowai Police Station Sunday.
The confrontation took place while Abhishek and others camped at the police station protesting against the arrest of 14 TMC leaders and workers in the state.
Slamming the action, Ghosh tweeted, "Wrongly cases have been filed against Abhishek, Bratya, Dola, me and Subal da for standing beside TMC workers. The BJP is scared."
Tripura: অন্যায়ভাবে ধৃত তৃণমূল কর্মীদের পাশে দাঁড়ানোর জন্য গুচ্ছের মিথ্যা অভিযোগ দিয়ে অভিষেক, ব্রাত্য, দোলা, আমি, সুবলদা, প্রকাশদার বিরুদ্ধে IPC 186/34 ধারায় নিজের থেকে মামলা করল খোয়াই থানার পুলিশ।
— Kunal Ghosh (@KunalGhoshAgain) August 11, 2021
ভয় পেয়েছে বিজেপি। pic.twitter.com/QHLBbkZTAT
The political slugfest between the TMC and Tripura's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) started last week after the former's three youth leaders- Debangshu Bhattacharya, Sudip Raha and Jaya Dutta- were allegedly attacked by the saffron party workers and supporters in Dhalai district.
Later, 14 TMC workers and leaders including Debangshu, Sudip and Jaya were arrested for violating COVID-19 norms.
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