AGARTALA, March 3 (TIWN): Condemning barbaric attacks on Former Minister Badal Choudhury, CPI-M has staged protest in Agartala.

A massive rally was conducted in the capital city Agartala voicing against the barbaric attack on the opposition leader. 

Badal Choudhury was taken to Belonia hospital and then GB hospital. CT scan was done as he received injuries in his head.

This attack on Badal Choudhury was a part of continuous attack on him as last week BJP held attack in his Belonia residence in his absence. Earlier also Badal Choudhury was in the hit list of BJP Minister Ratanlal Nath and Biplab Deb although Badal Choudhury was praised for his clean image by the opposition party leaders when Badal Choudhury was a Minister. 

He was jailed for 87 days in a politically motivated cases, though police failed to submit any evidence against him. 

CPI-M senior leaders and CPI-M's tribal wing Ganamukti Parishad jointly were observing the programme in Dhananjoy Tripura's home at Belonia, that all of a sudden BJP hooligans attacked on the party workers and leaders. Badal Choudhury along with other leaders who were leaving the place after the programme conclusion were attacked.

Badal Choudhury has received injuries in his head and was taken to Belonia hospital and after primary treatment he was released. The CPI-M members rushed to the SP Office and met him. Their vehicles of the opposition leaders were vandalized and they were damaged badly.