Agartala: The Indian Political Action Committee team Prashant Kishore (I-PAC) who have camped at a hotel in Agartala since last week to assess the political situation and potential support base for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is being questioned by the local police.
, While the TMC Tripura Unit described it as a “democratic attack” and said they were limited to their hotel by the police, Bead Das, police supervisor, West Tripura, a member claimed by the 22-member I-PAC team asked.
At city-based hotels Agartala, as part of a routine examination.
“The Outsiders – around 22 people – roamed in various places.
Because the restrictions of Covid already existed, we asked to verify the reasons behind their arrival and live in the city.
They all undergo a Covid test on Monday, the report was awaited,” said the watershed Journalists.
The Tripura Unit president of the Trinamool Congress, but Ashish Lal Singha was referred to as an attack on democracy.
“It was an attack on democracy.
Being a resident of Tripura, I was surprised.
This is not a Tripura culture.
BJP has panicked in an extraordinary response and support for TMC because it missteps the BJP government in Tripura.” The I-PAC team has been detained since Sunday night hotel.
However, the police said it was part of a routine examination, “said Singh Pti.
He said the I-PAC team, consisting of 23 members, had reached the state a week ago and also visited several places to conduct a survey in the ‘Ground Zero’.
They have a discussion not only with the Trinamool Congress but also with other parties and the team assess the political situation and the prospect of TMC in the next assembly election in 2023, he said.
The District Police Chief, however, denied the accusations said by Singh that the I-PAC team was on the team Under detention and say it is a ‘routine process’.
When contacted, the officer responsible for the East Agartala police station Saroj Bhattacharjee said, “They were not detained.
We now verify their documents.
They are all at the hotel.
“Meanwhile, according to the source, the incident has been reported to TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee and Professional Campaigner I-PAC Chief Prashant Kishore.
When contacted, BJP President in Manik Saha said he did not realize anything about this