Agartala: Some people, including CPI (M) MLA, were injured in clashes between supporters of BJP in power and opposition parties in the South Tripura District, police said on Monday.
CPI (M) holds a road angle meeting on Sunday in Rajnagar on the increase in essential commodity prices, they said.
BJP also gathered a group of party workers across the street and they began to shout slogans, said Soumya Debbarma, Belonia Sub-Division (SDPO) police officers.
“Because of the slogans and counters slogans, the situation immediately turned out to be unstable and the activists of his rival parties began to throw the rocks with each other.
The police used a stick of a light stick and fired five tears to disperse the horde,” he said.
Clash went at least 12 people, including Mla Sudhan Das and Tripura state rifle personnel, who were injured, the officer said.
Das and several party workers were accepted at the Government Medical College (AGMC) for treatment, the word CPI (M) in a statement.
BJP Spokesman Nabendu Bhattacharya said that several workers, including BJP President Ranjit Sarkar, was injured in the incident.
Police officers said that no party obtained permission to organize meetings or public meetings, but a number of sufficient police personnel were deployed, felt tensions in the area.
Normal situation now and police alert to prevent further flares, he said.