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CPM should shut down offices and go to China, says Tripura BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb
Tripura BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb said on Tuesday that the CPM should shut down its offices and go to China, responding to the Opposition party's condemnation of the encounter killing of 27 Maoists, including their general secretary Nambala Kesavarao, in Chhattisgarh. The party's Politburo had claimed that appeals for peace from Maoists had been ignored and that the central government as well as BJP-led the state government had chosen to ignore the possibility of dialogues with the rebels. 'The CPM is a banned organisation. Naxals are a banned organisation. Speaking of the banned organisation, the CPM has no place in democracy. If they have shame, they should close their party offices and go to China. They don't have a place in Tripura,' Deb told reporters on the sidelines of a visit to a flood relief camp at Durga Chowmuhani in Agartala. On May 23, Biplab Kumar Deb termed the CPM 'anti-national' for criticising the Centre over the killing of the Maoists. His comments came even though CPM Politburo member and state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury clarified that his party wasn't opposed to any form of military offensive against Maoists or any other radical elements. Rather, Chaudhury said, the party had said the central government had ignored offers of surrender the slain Maoists had allegedly made. 'The CPM or any other patriotic political party or organisation in the country is obviously not opposed to military offensives against terrorists. But while the government is holding peace talks in Nagaland, the central government's move to reject offers of surrender from Maoists and rejecting their plea to return to normal life is not the way things are done…..' Chaudhury said soon after the BJP criticised the Politburo statement. Chaudhury also claimed that while the BJP high command, central government or the Chhattisgarh government didn't criticise the CPM Politburo's statement, some leaders of the saffron party in Tripura were trying to confuse people. During his visit to flood relief camps at Agartala, Biplab Deb continued his tirade against the CPM while distributing food packets. 'Waterlogging in the houses of most people staying in the shelters has reduced. Now they will need to clean their houses in a few days and we have provided food packets to every family so that they have food after reaching home…,' the former chief minister said. Tripura is witnessing heavy rain and thunderstorms that have forced 10,813 people to abandon waterlogged houses and shelter in government camps. As many as 219 houses were damaged in Gomati, Khowai, Sepahijala, South Tripura, and North Tripura districts. However, the assessment of damage is ongoing.
Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Politics
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Railway Ministry approves new train between Agartala and Guwahati
Tripura West MP Biplab Kumar Deb Saturday informed that the Ministry of Railways has approved a new train service between Agartala and Guwahati. The former Tripura chief minister said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote to him on May 19, stating, 'Kindly refer to our discussion regarding introduction of new train service between Agartala and Guwahati for public convenience. 'You would be pleased to know that the introduction of a new train service between Agartala and Guwahati (Narangi) has been approved.' Deb also took to social media to thank Vaishnaw and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the new service. In February, Tripura received its first electric locomotive as part of the process to introduce more electric trains in the Northeast. After Assam, Meghalaya became the first Northeastern state to have electric trains in early 2023, with the launch of an electric train service between Mendipathar and Dudhnoi. Tripura has several long-distance passenger trains connecting it to metropolitan cities like Kolkata, Delhi, and Mumbai. However, till now, those trains run on diesel-powered engines till Badarpur in Assam, where diesel locomotives are replaced by electric ones to cater to the rest of the journey.
Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
CPI(M) held rallies in Bengal in favour of Pakistan during Operation Sindoor: former Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb
Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb Friday termed the CPI(M) as 'anti-national' for criticising the Centre over the killing of 27 Maoists in Chhattisgarh. Deb's remarks came a day after the Politburo, the highest policy-making body of the CPI(M), issued a statement condemning the recent encounter of 27 Maoists, including general secretary Nambala Kesavarao, and claimed that appeals for peace from the Maoists were ignored by the Union government and the BJP-led Chhattisgarh government. In a video message, BJP MP Deb said, 'We have always been saying that the CPI(M)… is anti-national, anti-social. The CPI(M) conducted rallies in West Bengal in favour of Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. They have always spoken in support of Pakistan and China. Such an anti-national party… doesn't have the right to go to people to appeal as a political party.' The MP also urged the people to take note of the CPI(M)'s 'real face', and their support for Maoists who allegedly killed thousands of ordinary people, political leaders, security forces, and hindered the development of the nation. In its statement, the CPI(M) stated that many political parties and citizens concerned requested the government for a dialogue. But despite repeated appeals for holding talks, both the Centre and the BJP-led state government in Chhattisgarh didn't choose a solution through dialogue, it added. 'In spite of our opposition to Maoists' politics, we urge the government to immediately accept their request for talks and halt all paramilitary operations,' the CPI(M) statement stated.
