Agartala (Tripura): Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday slammed senior CPIM leader and party general secretary Sitaram Yechury with accurate figures pertaining to the crime rate and said that "violence in Tripura is the legacy of the CPIM".
Countering a tweet shared by Yechury on the political conflicts, Deb said, the number of conflicts only reduced in the last three years.
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"Violence in Tripura is legacy of CPM. In 2017 during the CPM rule, 75 incidents of political conflicts, 175 victims & a rate of 1.9%. In just 3 years, we have drastically reduced it to 1/3rd with just 22 incidents, 51 victims & a rate of 0.5%. To remove crime from Tripura, remove CPM," the Tripura CM tweeted.
Earlier, CPIM leader Yechury had tweeted, "This National Crime Records Bureau report confirms that the BJP state government in Tripura is resorting to fascistic methods against CPI(M) to cover up its misrule & growing unpopularity."
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