People's
Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) No. 04
January 26, 2003
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) |
Vol.
XXVII No. 04 January 26, 2003 |
TRIPURA
Left Front List Electrifies Atmosphere
RELEASED
at
Agartala
on
January
13
afternoon
by
its
convenor
Baidyanath
Majumder,
the
Left
Front’s
list
of
candidates
for
Tripura
assembly
polls
electrified
the
atmosphere
all
over
the
state.
It
will
be
noted
that
the
front
was
able
to
release
its
list
of
candidates
for
all
the
60
assembly
seats,
close
on
the
heels
of
the
Election
Commission’s
announcement
of
its
assembly
poll
schedule
for
4
states
on
January
11.
So
far,
no
other
political
formation
has
been
able
to
release
its
list
in
Tripura.
Nor
has
any
party
or
combine
been
able
to
do
so
in
Himachal
Pradesh,
Nagaland
and
Meghalaya.
In
fact,
the
people’s
fervour
came
out
despite
the
fact
that
there
was
no
scheduled
programme
of
the
party
or
the
front
on
the
day,
as
it
was
the
eve
of
the
Pous
festival.
At
places,
some
Left
Front
candidates
also
paraded
the
streets.
In
Agartala,
streets,
lanes
and
bylanes
witnessed
marches
of
various
sizes
in
support
of
the
Left
Front
candidates.
On
January
14,
motor
workers
organised
a
spirited
march
in
the
very
nerve
centre
of
the
state
capital.
All
these
marches
and
meetings
statewide
articulated
the
people’s
commitment
and
resolve
to
form
a
fifth
Left
Front
government
by
foiling
all
conspiracies
of
the
heinous
Congress-INPT
alliance.
Out
of
the
60
Left
Front
candidates,
55
are
from
the
CPI(M),
2
each
from
the
CPI
and
RSP
and
1
from
the
Forward
Bloc.
Seven
incumbent
legislators,
including
minister
Balaram
Reang
of
the
CPI,
are
out
of
the
fray
this
time.
The
other
6
are
from
the
CPI(M)
and
these
include
the
party
state
secretary
and
veteran
Central
Committee
member
Baidyanath
Majumder
himself,
as
the
party
complied
to
his
plea
to
be
spared
of
contest
this
time.
There
are
16
fresh
candidates
in
the
Left
Front
line-up
for
the
February
26
assembly
polls,
out
of
which
15
are
from
the
CPI(M)
and
1
from
the
CPI.
All
members
of
the
Left
Front
cabinet,
except
Balaram
Reang,
are
to
contest
from
their
present
constituencies.
Though
the
Left
Front
stands
for
adequate
representation
of
women
in
the
assembly,
various
practical
reasons
prevented
it
from
fielding
more
than
three
women
candidates,
Majumder
told
the
press
conference.
Releasing
the
list,
Majumder
voiced
his
firm
conviction
that
the
people
of
Tripura
will
give
a
spectacular
and
massive
mandate
in
favour
of
unity,
integrity
and
prosperity.
He
said
the
people
of
the
state
would
definitely
come
forward
to
defend
their
hard-earned
rights
and
gains
from
the
extremists’
attacks
and
give
a
fitting
rebuff
to
their
parasitic
patrons
in
the
Congress-INPT
combine,
so
as
to
form
a
fifth
Left
Front
government
in
the
state.
In
reply
to
a
query
on
his
comment
that
this
struggle
would
be
strenuous,
he
criticised
the
Congress
for
its
alliance
with
the
INPT
which
usurped
the
Tripura
Tribal
Areas
Autonomous
District
Council
(ADC
in
short)
in
May
2000
ADC
polls
with
the
help
of
its
underground
agents
while,
only
6
months
before
the
ADC
polls,
the
INPT
had
received
less
than
1
per
cent
of
votes
in
the
1999
parliamentary
election.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
the
INPT
is
the
overground
wing
of
the
NLFT,
an
outlawed
extremist
organisation
responsible
for
murdering
hundreds
of
people
and
for
various
other
crimes.
Majumder,
however,
was
of
the
opinion
that,
with
the
people
solidly
standing
by
the
Left
Front,
falsifying
the
verdict
at
gunpoint
will
not
be
an
easy
job
this
time.
He
demanded
that
the
centre
provide
proper
security
assistance
so
as
to
ensure
free
and
fair
polls
in
the
state.
(INN)
