Tripura govt has vehemently opposed the plea seeking an investigation by an SIT, saying the so-called 'public-spirited persons' were silent when violence erupted in Bengal last year.
3-member team visited Tripura to probe alleged attacks on media in particular. Since September, state has seen spate of alleged attacks on political & media offices and mosques.
Last month, Tripura Police had registered the FIRs alleging that the reports of the journalists promoted enmity between groups and spread communal hatred by publishing 'baseless' news.
Advocate Amar Dave, appearing for TMC, said the situation in Tripura is volatile & worsening. The plea for contempt action has been filed due to repeated incidents of violence, he said.
Police probe says the 102 social media users charged with UAPA used images from other parts of India and different years to show that violence and vandalism had occurred.
Weeks after violence in Tripura, the question whether ‘attacks’ on mosques actually occurred, how serious they were, and who the supposed perpetrators might be is still being debated.
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.
Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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