AGARTALA: With assembly elections in Tripura knocking at the doors, war of words between the political parties in the state has intensified. 

Former chief minister of Tripura and CPI-M stalwart Manik Sarkar, on Sunday, launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP in the state. 

Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge!

While slamming the BJP, senior CPI-M leader Manik Sarkar called Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma a โ€˜fraudโ€™. 

โ€œAhead of the assembly elections, the BJP is telling lies. They bring in people from outside the state when they find themselves in a fix. The best example of this is Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma,” said former Tripura CM and CPI-M leader Manik Sarkar. 

Sarkar added: โ€œAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a fraud. Before the 2018 Tripura assembly elections, he had falsely promised government employees that seventh pay commission would be implemented in the state after in the first cabinet meeting.โ€ 

Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge!

Also read:ย Five Bangladeshi nationals apprehended from Assam-Tripura border

The former Tripura CM made this statement on Sunday, while addressing a programme of the CPI-M partyโ€™s women wing. 

Manik Sarkar further said that all the people of Tripura, who are disappointed with the current BJP dispensation might not necessarily vote for the CPI-M in 2023 assembly elections in the state. 

He added that the people of Tripura are โ€œfrustrated and angryโ€ with the BJP-IPFT government in the state. 

โ€œThe people are frustrated and angry with the BJP. The IPFT has lost its hold in the tribal belts of Tripura since 2018,โ€ said Manik Sarkar. 

He said: โ€œHowever, it doesn’t mean that all the angry voters will support the CPI-M-led Left Front in the 2023 Tripura assembly elections.โ€