Agartala: Tripura Leader of Opposition Jitendra Chaudhury on Saturday feared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s return to the top office would eventually finish the democratic system of electing governments and self-governing bodies at the village level.
Predicting a bleak future of Indian democracy, he said, “If Narendra Modi returns to power, elections would be abolished. No one will be allowed to exercise their franchise. An autocratic rule will be established in the country.”
Justifying his statement, the senior CPIM leader cited the instance of Village Committees under Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).
“Elections are not being held in the village committees for the last three and half years. In the absence of elected committees, local-level BJP leaders have taken charge of the funds being transferred to the self-governing bodies. Are those funds meant for the BJP?
They don’t have any authority to manage those funds but still, they are the ones who are the bosses of these bodies. The elected bodies will be gradually impaired, and the elected posts will be replaced with BJP agents. This is the design that the ruling dispensation has adopted to abolish the democratic institutions of the country,” he claimed.
Choudhury also lashed out at the Tipra Motha Party for playing a hoax by raising emotionally charged slogans.
“All the Tiprasa people thought, the prince, a man with royal blood would never lie to his people. He made statements one after another and succeeded in winning the people’s faith. In return, he secured a ticket for his sister,” he alleged.
The CPIM leader was addressing an election rally organized at Karbook under Gomati district of Tripura. He had also attended multiple political meetings to canvass for the INDIA bloc supported CPIM candidate from East Tripura constituency Rajendra Reang.
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