Tripura CM slams Vijayan for not visiting house of custodial

Tripura Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb today alleged that his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan did not visit the house of S R Sreejith who died allegedly in police custody last month, as it would have "damaged" CPI-M's image at the national level.

Addressing an election meeting at nearby Mannar for the May 28 Chengannur assembly bypoll, the BJP leader alleged that Vijayan was a politician who did not care for the people but was only concerned about his party's image.

Narrating an incident of 'rape and murder' of a tribal woman in Tripura during the tenure of the Left government led by Manik Sarkar, Deb said the then Chief Minister Manik Sarkar also did not visit the woman's house.

"Vijayan is the real disciple of Manik Sarkar. Guru of both is same," Deb said.

"If he (Manik Sarkar) had gone to the house, the incident would have been noticed by the national media and it would have caused damage to the party's image," he said.

"The same thing happened here also. I am ashamed of the behaviour," he said.

"I do not know Malayalam. If I knew I would have made him (Vijayan) sweat," Deb said.

Attacking the CPI-M, Deb said the party did not believe in democracy and what they practice is "fake democracy."
Deb wanted the people of Kerala to "throw CPI-M in the Arabian sea."