Agartala: Feb 02: Initially, the Left Front nominated candidates for 47 seats. The remaining 13 seats were left for the Congress. But later it was seen that Congress announced the names of 17 instead of 13. They all filed nomination papers. Then Left Front talks with Congress again. This discussion was not only at the political level.
People of Tripura state want all secular forces to unite to free Tripura from BJP. Therefore, 13 candidates of the Left Front picked up their nomination papers by 3 pm today. The Congress also withdrew its nominations for the additional seats it had filed. Left Front 46, Congress 13 and an independent candidate supported by Left Front are going to fight on compromise basis. So now the main objective is to fulfill the will of the people by participating in the election campaign. CPIM State Secretary Jitendra Chowdhury said this while reacting on Thursday evening. Besides, on this day, he brought up the topic of Tipra Matha and said that there was a discussion with Tipra Matha. So he admitted that he could not come together due to some internal matters. He also said that since Tipra Matha’s intention is to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the BJP. BJP coming back to power means destroying the state. So that there is no weakness on the part of the opposition. Jitendra Chowdhury called for this. Pradesh Congress President Birjit Sinha said there was a strong consensus on the withdrawal of nomination papers. He said that he will fight the upcoming assembly elections hand in hand.
