Agartala, Feb 15 (UNI) Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker and senior BJP leader Biswabandhu Sen tendered an apology for his remark against former Chief Minister and veteran communist leader Manik Sarkar and Leader of opposition, Jitendra Chaudhury.
Addressing a BJP rally on Feb 12 in his constituency North Tripura’s Dharmanagar Sen described Sarkar as ‘cheater No 1 and Chaudhury, also State Secretary of CPI-M as cheater No 2’, which earned a sharp criticism in the political circle. Sen was reportedly put under pressure in his constituency and the party following adverse reactions across the state.
Sen is known for losing comments and derogatory remarks, even from the Speaker’s chair. Just after the assembly elections in 2023, in a rally at Dharma Nagar, he called for mass beating of government employees for dereliction of duty and for raising demands for higher pay and allowances at frequent intervals.
Besides Television bites, Sen wrote in a Facebook post, “At a party rally in Dharmanagar, I used derogatory words against former CM Manik Sarkar and LoP Jitendra Chaudhury. I apologize for those remarks; they were unintended.”
Reacting to the development, Jitendra Chaudhury said, “As the Speaker of the assembly, we have high regard for him because CPI-M leaders maintain discipline set by the party and continue to honour him. I do not know why he made such a remark. People of the state will judge who is the cheater. Maybe he lost mental balance.”
