March 6, 2018
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
In solidarity with democratic & peace loving people of Tripura:
Protest condemning RSS/BJP violence
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the unleashing of unprecedented violence and arson by the RSS/BJP all across the state of Tripura in the aftermath of their victory in the recent assembly election.
CPI(M) and Left Party offices and cadres are targetted with murderous assaults. The destruction of the statue of Lenin, is symbolic of the rabid anti – communist, anti – democratic fascistic character of the RSS.
A delegation of the CPI(M) and Left Parties MPs submitted a memorandum to PM today in Parliament detailing major incidents of such attacks. This memorandum is attached here with.
These attacks clearly demonstrate, once again, that the RSS/BJP rely mainly on unleashing political violence as means to advance their inherent anti-democratic agenda.
In solidarity with the CPI(M), Left Front and the democratic peace loving people of Tripura and Comrades who are facing these attacks, the PB of CPI(M) calls upon its units all across the country to organise protest actions exposing the inherent anti-democratic, anti people character and activities of RSS/BJP.
Text of the Memorandum to Prime Minister
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) wishes to bring to your notice that after the election results to the Legislative Assembly in Tripura are out, the goons of the BJP have unleashed a reign of terror and all-round attack on the members and supporters of the CPI(M), their houses, Party offices and mass organization offices throughout the state. 514 individuals were injured, 1539 houses were attacked, 196 houses were set on fire, 134 Party offices were attacked and 208 Party offices were captured. Many mass organisation offices also were attacked and captured. The attacks are continuing.
The State Committee of CPI(M) has informed the incidents occurred till 4 p.m. on March 5, which is attached.
We request your immediate intervention to stop these attacks and violence and to maintain peace and normalcy in the state before the situation getting further worsened.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely
(Mohd. Salim)
Member, Polit Bureau
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Post –poll violence by the BJP goons in Tripura
Figures collected up to 4.00 p.m. on 5th March, 2018
Number of incidents are increasing in every hours.
|
Sub-Division |
Physical attack, attack on houses/ shops of CPI(M) supporters |
Attack on Party Office |
Attack on mass organisation Offices |
Capture of TMSU Office |
|
Subroom |
6 including one Br. Secy physically tortured |
1 at Manu Bankul |
2 vandalised |
8 TMSU offices captured |
|
Shanirbazar |
10 physically tortured 4 houses attacked ransacked |
2 demolished |
CITU Sub Dinl. office locked 2 TMSU office vandalised |
5( including 3 Auto offices) captured |
|
Belonia |
22 physically tortured 3 houses attacked 1 gutted |
19 party offices ransacked 2 party offices gutted |
3 ransacked of which 1 gutted |
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Amarpur |
50 persons tortured 50 houses ransacked 3 houses gutted |
8 party offices vandalised (including 1 gutted at Chechua) |
3 TMSU offices and 2 Auto workers office vandalised 1 TMSU office gutted |
5 TMSU office captured. |
|
Karbook |
4 houses attacked |
1 LC office attacked |
|
1 TMSU office captured |
|
Udaipur |
46 persons tortured |
23 party offices vandalised |
1 TMSU office gutted |
6 TMSU offices captured |
|
Sonamura |
7 physically tortured 26 houses and shops of party leaders and supporters ransacked , looted |
26 party offices vandalised looted |
|
6 TMSU offices ransacked and captured |
|
Bishalgarh |
21 physically tortured 1 house gutted 57 houses and ransacked and looted |
8 party Office vandalised 1 party office gutted All booth offices of Charilam A/C demolished. Election is scheduled on 12/3/18. 6 party offices locked |
|
4 captured |
|
Jampaijala |
3 physically tortured and hospitalised, 68 houses ransacked, looted 22 houses completely gutted 2 rubber Pltns gutted destroying about 3000 plants Many families displaced 2 personal cars gutted
|
2 LC offices fully gutted |
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|
Dukli |
6 physically tortured, one hospitalised 40 houses vandalised 3 houses gutted 6 Forcible subscription |
8 party offices vandalised 2 party offices gutted 1 captured |
|
5 TMSU Office and Auto offices captured. |
|
Sadar |
8 physically tortured More than 100 houses/shops ransacked, vandalised.
|
11 party offices vandalised 4 party offices captured |
Car of CPI(M) candidate damaged. |
8 TMSU and Auto workers offices captured |
|
Mohanpur |
13 physically tortured Candidate’s house attempted to attack 12 houses vandalised, looted |
Sub Divisional office ransacked, cash looted 2 LC office gutted |
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Jirania |
60 physically tortured 400 houses ransacked, looted 5 houses gutted 2 Rubber Pltn gutted Forcible collection of money from about 100 persons |
7 party office vandalised 5 party offices gutted
|
1 CITU, 1 DYFI office ransacked 4 cars set on fire |
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|
Teliamura |
4 physically tortured 20 houses ransacked 2 houses gutted |
2 LC offices ransacked 4 party offices gutted 1 captured. |
5 cars crashed |
3 TMSU , 1 SC Coord, and 1 CITU offices captured |
|
Khowai |
102 physically tortured 252 houses ransacked 300 houses looted 125 houses, Ponds and land forcibly occupied 150 shops ransacked, looted and set on fire. |
47 offices set on fire 200 offices captured
|
11 ransacked 5 set on fire
|
15 TMSU office captured. |
|
Ambassa |
Indiscriminate Pelting in 15 houses . 1 shop ransacked |
|
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4 CITU offices captured |
|
Kamalpur |
19 physically tortured 4 houses( including one LC Secy)gutted 200 houses attacked, looted 1Rubber Pltn gutted 3 ponds forcibly netted Forcible collection of money collected from 20 persons. |
3 party offices vandalised, captured |
2 cars, 2 Battery Autos and 2 bikes of Motor workers broken up |
5 cap TMSU/CITU offices vandalised, captured. |
|
Gandachhara |
1 tortured & hospitalised |
|
|
2 TMSU Offices captured |
|
Longthorai |
3 physically tortured 37 house attacked |
6 party ransacked |
|
3TMSU offices captured |
|
Kumarghat |
4 physically tortured 1 house of party leader attacked 1 shop attacked |
2 LC office ransacked and locked
|
2 offices attack, ransacked |
2 CITU office captured |
|
Kailashahar |
3 houses attacked |
|
2 CITU offices ransacked |
|
|
Kanchanpur |
120 tortured 35 hours ransacked 1 house set on fire |
3 party office vandalised
|
1 Employees Coord Office ransacked 3 TMSU Office vandalised |
4 TMSU Offices captured |
|
Panisagar |
3 physically tortured
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|
2 TMSU offices captured |
|
Dharmanagar |
6 physically tortured 3 houses attacked 3 godowns Gutted, At Haflong 100 shops gutted due to explosion of crackers by BJP workers . |
1 – LC office ransacked |
2 TMSU office attacked 2 employees office attacked in several times. |
3 TMSU offices at motor stand captured. |
|
Total |
Individual torture- 514 Houses attacked- 1539 Houses set on fire -196
|
Party Office attacked -134 Party office gutted -64 Party Off. Captured- 208 |
Mass Orgn off attacked -38 |
Mass Orgn off captured -90 |