Opposition conspiring to incite communal tension in Tripura

Sarkar called for the installation of the seventh Left Front government in the state to give a fitting reply to the Congress which he said was trying to come back to power through the back door by inciting communal tension.

"Formation of the seventh Left Front government is very significant because the entire country is looking at Tripura how it survives after the debacle of the Left in Kerala and West Bengal," the chief minister said.

"Our victory will give a new orientation to the Left movements in the country, Sarkar, a CPI(M) politburo member said.

Referring to killing of 13 people including 11 party activists including an Executive member of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council on this day in 1966, allegedly by the Congress, the chief minister said it was a barbaric incident.

"It was barbaric, but not exceptional because Congress and reactionary forces have tried to throttle the Communist movement by using barbaric ways," the chief minister said at Birchandra Manu, about 100 km from here to commemorate 'Martyrs day' in memory of the 13 people killed.