Bikash appeals for peace and harmony in post-counting scenario in tribal dominated hilly areas

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, October 2, 2026

The minister for tribal welfare and senior BJP tribal leader Bikash Debbarma has made an appeal for maintenance of peace and harmony in the tribal dominated hilly areas where Village Committee polls were held on September 28. The counting of votes for the Village Committee polls is scheduled to come off on October 5 and there is fear that the declaration of results will be followed by largescale political violence , specially against the BJP workers and supporters.

Bikash today attended a meeting of BJP’s ‘Jana Jati Morcha’ workers and supporters and local leaders in the ‘Mandal’ office of Krishnapur assembly constituency represented by him in assembly and called upon party workers and s supporters to remain on alert against any provocation or attempts to engineer violence in the post-counting scenario. The meeting of the ‘Jana Jati Morcha’ in the ‘Mandal’ office was attended by the general secretary of the ‘Mandal’ Wathrai Malsum and many other party leaders, office bearers and workers of BJP, specially belonging to the ‘Jana Jati Morcha’.

In the meeting Bikash dwelt at length on the situation in Krishnapur assembly constituency in particular and the poll bound tribal areas in general. He called upon party workers and supporters not to be provoked by any indiscrete action of the ‘Tipra Motha’ and CPI (M) workers and supporters in the post-counting scenario.He also appealed to workers and supporters of other parties to exercise restraint in victory celebrations and not to indulge in irresponsible activities at the cost of peace and harmony. He also called upon the general people to exercise restraint all over the state.

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