Agartala, Sept 15: Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev, who was in charge of Tripura, in a letter to Tripura DGP Amitabh Ranjan, has alleged that motorcycles with Uttar Pradesh registration numbers are being “purchased” by the ruling BJP and “brought” to the state, and she thinks these bikes “may well be misused the coming days” as the Assembly polls are round the corner.
Dev has based her apprehension on the state’s “past record” of political violence. “In the past also, the notorious bike bahinis have created havoc in Tripura attacking Opposition parties to intimidate them,” Dev stated in the letter.
TMC had to move the court to ask that the law and order is maintained during the election and otherwise. “I am enclosing some photographs of the motorcycles that I think have arrived in Tripura. Please verify the same,” Dev’s letter said, requesting the DGP to investigate the matter and ensure peace.
On June 7, the Opposition CPM staged a road blockade against the attacks carried out allegedly by the BJP-backed biker gangs on Left supporters during campaigning for the June 23 bypolls to four Assembly seats.
Pointing out that the Opposition leaders and workers are being “continuously” attacked by the BJP, Dev’s letter further stated that it was “unfortunate” that the law and order situation in the state has been “reflected” in the 2020-21 NCRB report as a “state with the highest number of cases of political violence”.
