Rivals CPI(M), Congress to jointly contest Tripura elections

Congress AICC Tripura in-charge Ajay Kumar accompanied by state party General Secretary Prashanta Bhattacharjee visited CPI-M Tripura state headquarters in Agartala last night and held a meeting with the Left leaders led by CPI-M Tripura state Secretary Jitendra Chowdhury.

Mr Kumar said that the Congress has been urging all the anti BJP parties to come together to defeat BJP in the assembly polls in Tripura.

The CPI(M) and Congress have announced that they will fight the Tripura assembly elections together.

The announcement was made after AICC general secretary Ajoy Kumar held a meeting with CPI(M) State secretary Jitendra Choudhury on Friday evening.