Agartala, Feb 12: Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar came down heavily on PM Narendra Modi’s statement, made during poll rally on Saturday at Tripura

Sarkar said PM’s speech is based on falsehood and tried to hide the ‘misrule’ of BJP government in the state.

Sarkar said PM Narendra Modi should not make statement on the basis of falsehood and he should not misguide the people.

Ahead of Tripura assembly polls, war of words between political parties have started in the state and the political leaders are leaving no stone unturned to defame each other.

Sarkar said when he was Chief Minister (1998-2018) he approached the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to supply electricity to Bangladesh and after that so many meetings electricity supply was started in 2013-14 during the Left Front government rule while Modi claimed that electricity supply to the neighbouring country started after the BJP government came to power in Tripura in 2018.

“After the BJP government came to power, a jungle raj has been started. There is some discipline in the jungle (forest) but there is no rule of law in Tripura now under the saffron party governance,” the former CM claimed.

He also said that whatever PM tried to convince the people of the state, nothing would happen as people of the state were determined to oust the BJP government in the February 16 elections.

The 60-member Tripura assembly will go for polls on February 16; the counting for which will be held on March 2.