Around 4000 join Congress in Dharmanagar
In a public rally, around 4000 supporters of different political parties joined Congress at Dharmanagar in North Tripura. The rally was held at Congress District Party Office premises in which Pradesh Congress chief Birjit Sinha, MLA Sudip Roy Barman, veteran Congress leaders Gopal Roy and Ashish Saha along with the North district and local party leaders attended the programme.
According to the Congress party sources, around 4000 people from Dharmanagar, Kadamtala, Bagbasa, Jobarajnagar and Panisagar joined Congress today severing connections with other political parties.
Among the new entrants, Trinamool Congress District president Abdul Basith Khan and one Shanta Dutta who was reported to be close to the Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly are notables. On earlier occasion, Congress managed to rope in CPM leader Chayan Bhattacharjee.
Bomb blasts in Sekerkote, 2 held
Night time silence was shattered at Shekerkote in West Tripura after miscreants threw four crude bombs in quick succession on Tuesday night. Even as no one was injured, the incident sparked panic in the area.
The bomb attacks were launched after a meeting between a local club and some miscreants who were engaged in extortion and negotiation for big budget contract works in the area failed.
Irked at obstinate stand of the local club members, the miscreants left the meeting in a huff. However, miscreants return soon and started lobbing crude bombs – total four bombs were thrown.
Meantime, ex-Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, while returning Agartala after attending Ganesh Puja inauguration programmes, reached the spot and enquired about the incident. He directed the Police to take action.
Police force started a man-haunt and nabbed two persons – Subhankar Sutradhar and Prasenjit Ghosh, however, the kingpin remained elusive, so far.