Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday asserted that people of the state do not like coming closer of the CPI(M) and the Congress ahead of the assembly elections, and claimed that the BJP will have an edge over the two.
Saha's assertion came a day after six parties including the CPI(M) and the Congress issued a joint statement asking the peace-loving people of the northeastern state to raise their voice in favour of restoration of democracy, re-establishment of the rule of law and conducting free and fair election.
The BJP-IPFT alliance had swept the 2018 Tripura Assembly polls winning a two-third majority in the 60-member House, ending the 25-year-long Left rule in the state.
It is an opportunist understanding. Earlier, the love between the two parties (CPI(M) and Congress) was a secret affair and now it came to the fore. People are not taking it positively, Saha said.
The CPI(M) and the Congress have not learnt a lesson from West Bengal where they had contested polls join
