AGARTALA, July 7 (TIWN): Upset with the growing popularity of BJP in the state, the ruling CPI-M is losing its nerves and has started attacking the saffron party and its supporters. CPI-M goons led by local MLA Tapan Das allegedly attacked a group of Rastriya Swaiamsevak Sangha (RSS) volunteers at Melaghar when they were practicing yoga at the school premise on Monday. Not contend with the attack on the innocent RSS volunteers, the CPI-M cadres, led by the local MLA got the RSS volunteers arrested by the police accusing them to be cow thieves.

It may be mentioned here that the ruling CPI-M party is reeling under tremendous pressure after the saffron party started showing its impact on the voters by increasing its vote share in the last TTAADC elections as well as the by-elections in 13 Pratapgarh and 46 Surma Assembly constituencies, where it occupied the second positions pushing the main opposition Congress behind.

The improved performance of the rightist party was seen as a blow to the ruling CPI-M, which was enjoying a relaxed and ‘friendly’ competition from the opposition Congress in the state, owing to the alleged understanding of the Congress High Command in Delhi with the CPI-M top brass.

Annoyed by the growing popularity of BJP in the state, the State Secretary of CPI-M, Bijon Dhar even threatened of legal actions against the BJP state President Sudhindra Das Gupta for his much talked about comment at the BJP youth wing’s convention at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan here on Saturday last. The BJP state president had urged the BJP workers to resort to tit for tat tactics and to counter any attack by the CPI-M cadres in the state.

The much talked about ‘caderisation’ of police force by the ruling CPI-M was once again exposed when the police of Melaghar police station arrested the innocent RSS volunteers terming them as cow thieves at the behest of the local MLA Tapan Das instead of protecting the RSS volunteers from the attacks of the CPI-M cadres. Other RSS volunteers of the locality supported by the local people, later gheraoed the Melaghar police station demanding unconditional release of the innocent RSS volunteers.   

Meanwhile, political analysts here opined that such attacks on the BJP supporters will occur more frequently in the coming days as the ruling CPI-M will try every means to stop the further popularity and acceptance of the BJP in the state. Terrorizing the BJP supporters and withdrawal of benefits of various Govt. schemes from those who join the BJP, implicating the BJP supporters on various fabricated charges followed by actions by the partisan police and all other such steps would be employed by the ruling CPI-M to stop the growth of the party in the state, feel the political analysts here.