New Delhi: The Left parties in the country had decided to hold a dharna outside Parliament on Tuesday to stage a protest against the “murder of democracy in West Bengal and Tripura, a CPI-M leader said on Monday.

The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, former Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar and other senior Left leaders from West Bengal and lawmakers of Left parties will take participation in the demonstration.

The central committee of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said that rallies and demonstrations for the protests will be held in many states apart from West Bengal and Tripura on Tuesday.

“Democracy and people’s rights have been totally devastated in West Bengal and Tripura. Total lawlessness prevails in these two states. Ruling party cadres and a section of leaders are directly involved in attacks on offices and houses belonging to opposition parties”.

“To draw national attention to the issue, all Left parties will hold a sit-in outside Parliament on Tuesday,” Mr. Dhar told the media.

He said: “After the BJP-led alliance government came to power in Tripura in March, four CPI-M members and leaders have been murdered. Thousands of party members and supporters were attacked.”

As per the statement made by Mr. Dhar, 1,000 Left activists, including 100 women, have suffered injuries.

“Around 750 offices of the CPI-M and Left parties have either been burnt, attacked or captured. Close to 200 offices of the Left mass organisations have been attacked and nearly 150 have been forcibly occupied.”

“Pradhans, chairmen and elected members of various local bodies including the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council are being coerced either to resign or join the BJP,” Dhar added.

The governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rejected the accusations outrightly and claimed “good governance prevailed in Tripura” and that “the Left party has never practiced the democracy as they do not believe in it”.

“Before and after the February Assembly polls, 12 BJP leaders and supporters were killed by the Left party goons. Had the CPI-M come to power in recent polls, hundreds of opposition party members would have left the state.”

“But after the BJP came to power, not a single opposition party member was forced to desert the state,” BJP Tripura Pradesh General Secretary Pratima Bhowmik told New Agencies.

She added: “The CPI-M is unable to digest the good governance of the BJP government in Tripura led by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. That’s why they are making false allegations and organizing so-called agitations to mislead the people.”

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