Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday accepted the Tripura mandate and while charging the BJP for unscrupulously utilising “huge amounts of money and muscle power” to win the state Assembly elections.
“This has happened because the BJP has unscrupulously utilised huge amounts of money power and muscle power and managed to successfully bring together all anti-Left elements and parties including, the erstwhile opposition parties together into one anti-Left platform. They succeeded as a result of that,” he said as the election results came in.
Yechury warned the people of Tripura that there would be unfavourable ramifications due to the use of money in elections. “BJP brought together all kinds of forces using money power without attaching any morality to it. There will be results due to this for which people need to be alert,” he said.
In a series of tweets, Yechury said: “Tripura voters have given their mandate for a BJP-IPTF government in the state. We thank the people of Tripura for giving us the opportunity to serve them for the past 25 years. We will continue to oppose BJP and its divisive agenda not only in Tripura but all over India.”
“We will continue to oppose BJP and its divisive agenda not only in Tripura but all over India”, Yechury said and added “It is imperative for those who believe in India’s Constitutional ideals to defeat the nefarious designs of the BJP-RSS. The battle is on.”
“Forty-five per cent of the people…have voted for the Left Front. We assure the people of Tripura that the CPM will continue to work for their interest, their welfare and most importantly for the unity of the tribal and non-tribal sections in the state, which we believe is very important for this north eastern state,” he said.
Yechury further said in a tweet, the Polit Bureau thanks the 45 per cent of the voters who extended support to the CPI(M) and the Left Front. The Party party would study and analyse the poll results and then decide its next set of actions.
(With agency inputs)