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Suspense over Dilip Sarkar ! Is BJP doing Hara-Kiri with Team Sudip ? Will BJP leadership welcome 6 MLAs in Delhi going against state leaders and karyakartas ?
Amitabha Sengupta
Suspense over Dilip Sarkar ! Is BJP doing Hara-Kiri with Team Sudip ? Will BJP leadership welcome 6 MLAs in Delhi going against state leaders and karyakartas ?
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AGARTALA , July 28 (TIWN) : Amidst speculation of Team Sudip's joining BJP , suddenly suspense has started to grip about MLA Dilip Sarkar's role . According to Dilip Sarkar's close aids the MLA from Badharghat has not made its view clear about joining BJP as he is yet to get confirmation of candidature from BJP . At the same time Dilip Sarkar's health is also a major concern as he almost remains at home most of the time of the year . TIWN sources reveal that BJP is likely to nominate a young leader from the Badraghat seat in 2018 election . If everything goes well BJP won't likely to nominate Dilip Sarkar and in this case Dilip Sarkar too is not 100% sure of his joining BJP . According to his close aids , Dilip Sarkar was not even willing to join TMC in 2015 but he had to succumb to the pressure of Sudip Roy Barman and Mukul Roy . Even though he voted for BJP's Presidential candidate Ramnath Kovind , Dilip Sarkar is yet to make his mind clear about joining the BJP .

Meanwhile , a group of 6 MLAs including Team Sudip and RatanLal Nath will soon go to Delhi to meet BJP's central leadership mainly Organizing Secretary Ram Madhav . During this visit , it is learnt , the date of joining BJP will be finalized . According to TIWN sources , Team Sudip wants the joining to be held in Delhi as it would give the 6 MLAs extra mileage ahead of 2018 Assembly Poll . But the state BJP leadership and karyakartas are totally against this speculated joining . BJP state leadership is not likely to accept this joining in Delhi .

 It is not doubt that due to relentless efforts of Sunil Deodhar and Biplab Deb , BJP has practically made a solid platform in Tripura . And now though BJP has no member in the state legislature , the party is well recognized as the principal opposition in the state . After the continuous effort of Sunil-Biplab combination , state BJP will never allow any new comer( read Sudip& Co ) to take upper hand from the very beginning .Quite naturally , BJP Central leadership's invitation to Sudip Roy Barman has created a rumor among the BJP karyakartas as well as state BJP leaders that Sudip& Co may take an advantage once the 6 MLAs join BJP in BJP Headquarters in 10 Ashoka Road , Delhi .

 A highly placed sources in BJP informed TIWN on Sunday night ," Sunil Deodhar has already communicated the BJP central leadership about BJP state union's opinion on this sensitive . What state BJP wants is that 6 MLAs should join BJP at Agartala in a mass rally to be organized by the BJP state unit any time in the first week of Agartala . "

Even RSS has given its opinion and according to TIWN RSS expresses ," Sudip Roy Barman's joining of BJP won't give much benefit to BJP as Sudip& Co was left with no other alternative but to join BJP simply to save their political career . "

It is to be mentioned here that Sudip Roy Barman and co is known for its tradition of creating inner-party chaos . Over the years Sudip& Co has extended their help to CPI-M party and the end result is CPI-M's unchallenged supremacy in Tripura .

 Now with everything is final about Team Sudip's(known as CPI-M's B Team) joining BJP , one may predict that the same situation may grip BJP as Sudip& his aids may again start their old game of creating anti-party lobby within the BJP too . And if Sudiponce starts his traditional game of playing as CPI-M's aid , BJPs future in 2018 may be collapsed at the eleventh hour .

  Political analysts in Tripura often say that Sudip Roy Barman and his family as well as a few leaders of his group have always been involved in such activities that would give special political privileges to CPI-M . Following are some of the instances in which Sudip& Co were directly involved :-

1)Sudip Roy Barman himself was seen in physically assaulting a official of Colonel rank Indian Army at Agartala along with his brother

  1. Barman group was involved in manhandling of AbhijitMukharjee , the Congress MP cum the on of the then President of IndiaPranab Mukherjee  inside the Congress party office
  2. Sudip's brother was caught with pistol from a brick field just before 2013 Assembly Poll
  3. Recently ( before the group left TMC) Barman's group led by Sushanta was found to forcefully occupy a house located in Colonel Chowmahani
  4. Barman group was alleged to have ransacked the Congress party headquarter located at Post Office Chowmahani
  5. Sudip's father Samir Ranjan Barman's tenure as Chief Minister of Tripura is still regarded as the black day of Tripura and this led to the downfall of Congress party in 1993
  6. Even in 2013 assembly poll SurajitDatta lost the Ramnagar constituency due to the sabotage of Barman lobby 

All these incidents surely gave dividends to CPI-M over the years.Even within the BJP there are now lot of karyakartas and leaders like SubalBhowmik , Ratan Chakraborty , SurajitDatta , Arun Chandra Bhowmik and so many who joined BJP leaving either Congress or TMC protesting against Sudip Barman's arrogance and ill-treatment . Now if the Team Barman joins BJP it is almost certain that they will try to create similar situations within BJP and that may cripple BJPs chances in 2018 . It is really very surprising that when BJP across the country is making a favorable wave for the party bringing in young , educated and fresh faces with clean image and honesty , in Tripura BJP national leaders are ready to welcome old and tested failure guns with their faces almost blacked due to their behind the curtains deal with the ruling party and more importantly these are the leaders whom the people of Tripura have popularly termed as CPI-M's commissioned agents .  Many even are worried that BJP's national leadership's too much likings about Sudip& Co may turn into futile Hara-Kiri . 

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