CPM should shut down offices and go to China, says Tripura BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb

“The CPM is a banned organisation. Naxals are a banned organisation. Speaking of the banned organisation, the CPM has no place in democracy. If they have shame, they should close their party offices and go to China. They don’t have a place in Tripura,” Deb told reporters on the sidelines of a visit to a flood relief camp at Durga Chowmuhani in Agartala.

On May 23, Biplab Kumar Deb termed the CPM “anti-national” for criticising the Centre over the killing of the Maoists. His comments came even though CPM Politburo member and state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury clarified that his party wasn’t opposed to any form of military offensive against Maoists or any other radical elements. Rather, Chaudhury said, the party had said the central government had ignored offers of surrender the slain Maoists had allegedly made.

“The CPM or any other patriotic political party or organisation in the country is obviously not opposed to military offensives against terrorists. But while the government is holding peace talks in Nagaland, the central government’s move to reject offers of surrender from Maoists and rejecting their plea to return to normal life is not the way things are done…..” Chaudhury said soon after the BJP criticised the Politburo statement.

Chaudhury also claimed that while the BJP high command, central government or the Chhattisgarh government didn’t criticise the CPM Politburo’s statement, some leaders of the saffron party in Tripura were trying to confuse people.

During his visit to flood relief camps at Agartala, Biplab Deb continued his tirade against the CPM while distributing food packets. “Waterlogging in the houses of most people staying in the shelters has reduced. Now they will need to clean their houses in a few days and we have provided food packets to every family so that they have food after reaching home…,” the former chief minister said.

Tripura is witnessing heavy rain and thunderstorms that have forced 10,813 people to abandon waterlogged houses and shelter in government camps. As many as 219 houses were damaged in Gomati, Khowai, Sepahijala, South Tripura, and North Tripura districts. However, the assessment of damage is ongoing.