Manik Sarkar. Agartala26 August 2020 20:22 ISTEx-Tripura CM hints at forging a “unity alliance” to oppose the ‘repressive’ BJPFormer Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, senior CPI(M) leaders and a few hundred party workers were arrested following an attempt to hold a rally here on Wednesday. Mr. Sarkar, CPI(M) politburo member and leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, hinted at forging a “unity alliance” with like-minded parties to strengthen the movement against the ‘repressive’ BJP. On July 18, the police booked three senior CPI(M) leaders including former Minister Manik Dey, former Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar and former Lok Sabha MP Shankar Prasad Datta for violating lockdown restrictions and leading a protest. Youth Congress protestYouth Congress workers staged a road blockade agitation outside the Congress Bhavan here to protest the alleged attack on former PCC president and Minister Birajit Sinha.

Source: The Hindu August 26, 2020 14:48 UTC