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The Tripura Police connected Sunday denied support to the Youth Front of the Tipra Motha to clasp a “massive” rally successful Agartala scheduled for November 7. The Youth Tipra Federation (YTF), which had been preparing for the lawsuit arsenic a “show of strength” crossed the State, has not yet responded to the decision.
In a missive to the YTF, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Sadar (Agartala) stated that fractional of the venue, Vivekananda Mini Stadium, is presently occupied by an International Expo, and that permitting the rally successful the remaining abstraction could effect successful terrible congestion.
The missive further noted that “a concern similar a stampede whitethorn hap if a wide rally takes place,” with the added hazard of harm to spot associated with the Expo. The denial of permission, it said, was made successful the involvement of nationalist safety, peculiarly to forestall harm to “men, women and children,” and to debar a “chaotic situation.”
Sources said quality inputs from aggregate agencies and on-ground assessments by the State constabulary prompted elder officials to instrumentality the decision. Recent incidents of unit successful Takarjala, Jampuijala, Sidhai, Khowai, and Santirbazar, allegedly involving Tipra Motha supporters, were besides reviewed astatine the highest levels of authorities earlier the bid was issued.
Former Minister and Congress person Sudip Roy Barman had earlier urged the State authorities to contradict support for the rally, citing tensions successful definite areas and the Tipra Motha’s “contentious demands” which, helium said, were “harming harmony successful society.”
