Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Assembly Manik Sarkar on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the Election Commission of India (ECI) to function "impartially" in Tripura, where Assembly polls are due early next year. The poll panel has become 바카라inactive바카라 under the current dispensation resulting in an 바카라uneven ground바카라 for the opposition parties, the former chief minister claimed at a CPI(M) women바카라s wing rally here.
바카라If you have respect for democracy, allow the ECI to function impartially and fairly to create a level playing ground for the ruling party as well opposition parties,바카라 Sarkar said. Referring to the PM바카라s public meeting at Swami Vivekananda stadium here on Sunday, he said, 바카라You will make a mistake if you think your 24-minute speech will be enough for the BJP to retain power for the second term in the state. You made the speech based on faulty information provided by your friends here바카라.
Asserting that Assembly election determines the formation and collapse of a government, the former chief minister claimed people who are 바카라fuming바카라 over the performance of the BJP government, are preparing themselves in each household to 바카라oust바카라 the present government.
The BJP-IPFT combine won the Tripura Assembly election in 2018, ending 25 years rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front. The saffron party won 35 seats on its own while its ally, the IPFT, was victorious in 8 seats. 바카라Ask BJP leadership in the state to stop looting of votes as was witnessed in three elections- Panchayat, Lok Sabha and by-election in four Assembly seats. Any attempt to prevent the electors from exercising their democratic rights will be resisted by people. Ensure people바카라s democratic rights바카라, the senior CPI(M) leader said.
CPI (M) politburo member, Brinda Karat, who also addressed the rally, criticised the Narendra Modi government for attacking the 바카라very foundation of secular democracy바카라.바카라We had witnessed Emergency but never saw such a scale of attack on the country바카라s parliamentary democracy. The Supreme Court had to seek an explanation from the government on how the Election Commissioner was appointed바카라, she said.
The apex court in November had questioned the 바카라haste바카라 and 바카라tearing hurry바카라 in appointing Arun Goel as Election Commissioner. Goel바카라s appointment as an EC came under scrutiny by the top court which had sought from the Centre the original records pertaining to his appointment for perusal, saying it wanted to know whether there was any 바카라hanky panky바카라.
Reacting to Sarkar바카라s remarks, Information and Cultural Affairs (ICA) Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said no government, Prime Minister or Chief Minister can influence the Election Commission because it is an independent body. 바카라His view on the matter is the reflection of utter frustration fearing impending defeat in the 2023 Assembly election. The people had immersed the Communists in the 2018 Assembly election and this time too they will face a similar fate바카라, he claimed.
