Tripura Congress chief among 19 injured in clash with BJP
The HinduAt least 19 people including Tripura PCC chief Birajit Sinha were injured in a clash between Congress and BJP supporters in front of Congress Bhavan here on Sunday. “Jubilant Congress supporters returned to Congress Bhavan with the winning candidate in Agartala Assembly seat, Sudip Roy Barman, from the counting hall around 1 pm.” "When they were preparing for lunch, a strong group of BJP supporters attacked Congress Bhavan. The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee president was hit by bricks on his head while one Congress worker, identified as Romi Miah, was stabbed by BJP supporters," Congress media-in-charge Asish Kumar Saha said. Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury, on the other hand, alleged that Congress supporters had first hurled bricks at BJP corporator of Agartala Municipal Corporation, Shilpi Sen, earlier in the day and that incident angered the party supporters.