Tripura Congress to review poll results
Agartala, Mar 10 (UNI) The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) today convened a meeting of all its candidates, who had contested the just-concluded Assembly elections, following instructions from the AICC to review the election results and post-poll situation.
TPCC president Samir Ranjan Barman, who also lost the election, said the party's poor show was most unanticipated and the Congress needed to analyse the cause of the shocking drubbing.
The former Chief Minister lost his Bishalgarh seat in west Tripura to CPI(M) nominee Bhanulal Saha by a margin of 914 votes.
Meanwhile, the Congress workers raised voices against Mr Barman and his son Sudip Roy Barman and held them responsible for the debacle. They also demanded his resignation from the TPCC president post on March 8.
''Weak organisational network, differences between the party workers and leadership, mistrust of a cross section of people, including government employees in the party, are among the major factors for the party's debacle in the February 23 elections,'' Congress spokesman Tapas Dey said.
CPI(M)
spokesperson
Goutam
Das
said,
''The
sweeping
results
of
the
Left
Front
were
a
reflection
of
the
people's
trust
in
the
Left
parties'
efforts
to
bring
peace
and
continue
development
in
the
northeastern
state.
This
is
a
verdict
of
good
governance
by
curbing
militancy
in
the
bordering
state.''
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