[Marxistindia] Tripura: By-Election Results Justify Demand for Countermanding

[news from the cpi(m)]

September 8, 2023

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued 
the following statement:

Tripura: By-Election Results Justify Demand for Countermanding

The results for the by-elections to two Assembly constituencies in 
Tripura – Boxanagar and Dhanpur –  as declared by the Chief Electoral 
Officer, Tripura vindicate the apprehensions raised by thee Left Front 
and justifies the demand for countermanding them and holding fresh polls 
under strict supervision.

In Boxanagar constituency, the BJP won securing 89 per cent of  votes 
polled and 71 per cent in Dhanpur constituency. This is unprecedented in 
the state’s history of elections.      After  having lost the Boxanagar 
seat to the CP(IM)  in the February elections, it is impossible for the 
BJP to secure 89 per cent votes except through large-scale rigging.

These elections have been reduced to a mockery with large scale rigging 
by the BJP in connivance with the administration and police.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) reiterates its demand that these 
elections be countermanded and fresh polls be conducted under strict 
supervision.