BJP, TMC role reversal: Mamata likely to raise Tripura violence issue with PM

Wednesday, 24 November 2021Newsdesk

During her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to raise the issue of attacks on TMC leaders and workers in Tripura in the run-up to the municipal polls on November 25.

New Delhi, 24 November 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, A little over five months ago, another leader from West Bengal had approached the Prime Minister with a similar complaint of political violence. Except, the party in the dock was the TMC, and the complainant was Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP. While Tripura and West Bengal are no strangers to political violence, as captured by reports of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the intense rivalry between the BJP and TMC have deepened the crisis in the recent years.

Source - The Indian Express