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Under heavy security blanket, Agartala remains paralyzed like 'Strike-Day' ahead of Election Result : Buyers rush Big Bazar as all markets to remain closed till Sunday
TIWN March 3, 2018
Under heavy security blanket, Agartala remains paralyzed like 'Strike-Day' ahead of Election Result : Buyers rush Big Bazar as all markets to remain closed till Sunday
PHOTO : City life paralyzed one day ahead of election result. TIWN Pic March 3

AGARTALA, March 3 (TIWN): Under heavy security deployment, whole Agartala city has remained paralyzed due to the election result out tension ongoing in Tripura led the buyers to gather at Big Bazar to purchase necessary items for families. Tomorrow is the counting day of Tripura Assembly Election, where Centrally powered BJP is fighting with 25 years ruling party of Tripura CPI-M. But the sudden closing of all shops was unexpected in the City as it was assumed that only in the counting day (tomorrow) markets, shops to remain closed. But the tensions prevail heavy, even after triple security led by the central forces and state police, TSR.

At the Big Bazar also the most of the employees are not coming tomorrow as people are afraid of heavy political clashes following the Election results. If tomorrow everything goes peacefully, chances of city life's restoring is possible from Monday because Agartala City stays closed on Sunday normally. 
However, Big Bazar and shopping malls have not been officially closed for tomorrow till now, but the employees are unwilling to come tomorrow. 

One employee of Big Bazar told TIWN, "Apart from working here, I work for a political party and I am in the target of my rival party. Apart from that it's not healthy to go out on that day as anything can be happened. Recently bombs were also recovered many times. I will visit the counting centre in the morning as a part of political activity and then whole day I will stay in home, whatever the result is". 

Vote counting for Tripura Assembly Election across 59 counting halls of the constituencies will be started tomorrow at 8 AM. 

As the state has experienced many clashes in the last 1 year among CPI-M and BJP added by political murders, so the tensions are prevailing high among the people here. 

But despite all these, nobody could stop the youngsters to celebrate Holi fully and in the evening also they are roaming across the City. 

Police have tightened the securities and eyes are strict whether anybody is drunk or trying to disrupt the peace. 


 
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