Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 6 (HBTV): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has called Trinamool Congress a carbon copy of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, which ruled West Bengal for 34 years in a row.  

Speaking at a public meeting in Belonia, under South Tripura district, on Friday, Saha said, "Wherever the Communist Party ruled, their remnants could be traced. The people of Bengal trusted Trinamool and voted for them. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a gross mistake.’    

‘The people of the state invited governance, which is a carbon copy of that of CPIM. In the previous assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 18 seats, but this time our party is set for far better results,’ he said.

Saha also slammed the opposition CPIM for 'shedding tears for democracy'. 

‘My friends from the Left have a complaint for the BJP. They accuse our party of being against democracy. I want to tell the voters to go and read the constitution of the communist party. It was quite clearly written on that document that the communists wanted to establish a dictatorship led by the proletariat,’ Manik Saha said.  

‘One shouldn't forget the dark days of the Emergency when all opposition leaders were jailed,’ the chief minister said.

Citing instances of the 2023 assembly elections and subsequent by-polls, he said, "The by-elections to Boxanagar indicated that minority voters were with us. We managed a lead of 30,000 votes, which is a historic achievement for the BJP. At Dhanpur, the BJP could manage a victory with a lead of 3,500 votes in the assembly polls after many decades, and in the by-election, the margin took an unprecedented leap of 18,000 votes. These figures speak volumes of the BJP's grip on the ground."

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