KHOWAI (Khowai Town), Sep 20 (TIWN): SP Nagendra Debbarma has called for an urgent meeting after CITU members along with other local CPI-M supporters had blocked Khowai-Agartala road. Local people at there alleged that reacting over yesterday's incident CPI-M have beaten locals, held attacks upon cars, bikes and 'beaten the severely'. Soon, a road blockade has paralyzed the National Highway at there led by CITU. The blockade immediately had called massive traffic jams and miseries to the common men. Talking to TIWN SP Khowai Nagendra Jamatia has confirmed about the road blockade and for that immediately a meeting was called at SP Office.

Road blockade has turned a fashion under the CPI-M Govt. Question raises, how being in power CPI-M is inspiring road blockade on the National Highway road.

At Agartala CITU had placed a deputation to the DGP protesting IPFT's attack of Sep-19. THe blockade continued at Khowai till 12 PM.

Over 60 members of CPI-M's tribal wing Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad (TRUGP) were injured in separate attacks allegedly by another tribal-based party Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) at various places in Tripura on Tuesday.

The injured include women and a police official. Of the 60 injured, 11 TRUGP members were seriously wounded, who were admitted to the government-run medical college and hospital here.

"More than 60 members of TRUGP were injured when the IPFT cadres attacked them at about 12 places in different parts of the state," TRUGP President Jitendra Chowdhury told the media late on Tuesday night.

He said: "The IPFT members attacked the TRUGP men when the latter were coming to Agartala in vehicles from different places in Tripura to attend a rally here." 

The IPFT cadres also burnt down at least two buses in which the TRUGP men were travelling, though no one was injured.

A police official said the police had to resort to lathi-charge in Champak Nagar, Tulasikhar and Champahaour in Western Tripura.

Prohibitory orders were promulgated in more than 10 places of West Tripura and Khowai districts.

The leaders of IPFT were not immediately available for their reaction.

The IPFT and the Twipraland State Party have been agitating for upgrading the existing Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council to a separate tribal state.

The TRUGP rally was addressed by Chief Minister and CPI-M politburo member Manik Sarkar, party President and Lok Sabha member Jitendra Chowdhury and other top party leaders.