State BJP announces protest against CPI (M) across Tripura on May 18
Hindustan TimesThe Bharatiya Janata Party-led Tripura government is planning to organise a statewide agitation on Saturday against the opposition Communist Party Of India. CPI is holding already holding protest rallies across the state. Partners of the INDIA bloc alliance CPI and its Left Front alliances started a series of protests across the state from May 13 and will continue till Saturday against the BJP-led state government’s failure in meeting basic demands including provision of work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, supply of drinking water, road, medical facilities in hospitals among others. We are going to hold protest rallies on May 18 throughout the state condemning their conspiracy of lies”, said state chief spokesperson Subrata Chakraborty. Highlighting different welfare schemes launched under BJP government, Chakraborty said that 28.77 lakh beneficiaries got ₹15,400 crore loans under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana to become self-employed and more than 5,000 beneficiaries worked under PM Swanidhi Yojana, PM Startup schemes, standup schemes and others.