Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress burns effigy of CM

Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress activists hit the streets and burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha in Agartala on Tuesday (Nov 1) condemning alleged attacks on party workers at Agartala and Udaipur on Monday (October 31).

The Youth Congress also served an ultimatum to the government saying that it would organize State wide agitation if the government fails to arrest the culprits involved in the attacks within the next 24 hours.

State Youth Congress president Rakhu Das alleged party workers were attacked at Indranagar in Agartala and Udaipur while they were serving food to poor people commemorating the death anniversary of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31.

Das also alleged Police did not arrest anyone even as Congress lodged complaints against the perpetrators.

Taking a swipe at the ongoing good governance campaign in the State, Rakhu Das slammed the Chief Minister hard and said, we are burning Dr Saha’s effigy as he failed to deliver the good governance that he promised.

The youth Congress president also threatened to conduct state-wide agitation demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister if the government fails to nab the accused persons.

Agitation in GB Hosp after  Pvt Generator operators axed

Private operators of generators in GB Hospital in Agartala received a rude shock on Tuesday after they were told that their services would no longer be required.

The sudden retrenchment notice irked the operators who were working for the last 13 years in the Hospital.

Irate 12 operators held a demonstration in protest against the unilateral termination notice. They demanded intervention from the government and threatened to go for fast unto-death agitation.

According to the terminated generator operators, they served under a contractor for the last 11 years – however, a new contractor was given the charge through a new tender. Under the new contractor, they worked for two years.

Agitators further said, their contract period expired on Monday (October 31) and they were expecting the renewal of their contracts like before. Instead, they were verbally told about their termination.

With retrenchment of generator operators, uncertainty looms large on emergency electric supply in case of power outages.