Two-day Peace meeting begins, Gitte appeals for peace and tranquillity

Ahead of the counting of votes that will be held on March 02, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has decided to hold peace meetings in 3,336 booths of 60 assembly constituencies of the state which started today and would continue till tomorrow.

As part of this, a peace meeting was held with representatives and candidates of all political parties at the community hall at the Rasta Matha in Gokulnagar road.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kiran Gitte presided over the meeting. Among the administrative officials, Bishalgarh Sub-Divisional Magistrate Binay Bhushan Das, Police Administration Officer was also present.

The meeting was attended by BJP candidate Antara Deb Sarkar, CPIM candidate Hiranmoy Narayan Debnath and others were present.

Speaking on this day, CEO Kiran Gitte said that everyone needs to respect the result that will be held on March 2 as the verdict of the people.

“Any kind of violent incident will have an impact on the people of the state. A wrong message will be sent to the whole country about Tripura. Tripura has a great influence on the integration of people, culture and language between the whole country and the world”, he said.

He also said that care should be taken to avoid any injuries.

GItte said that the CBSE exam has already started and everyone should take responsibility to ensure that there is no impact on the candidates and peace and tranquillity should prevail in each and every area.

In Unakoti district, a meeting was organized with the representatives of each political party and the officials of each club in the district at the circuit house of Kailashahar by the initiative of the District Police Department. Unakoti District Magistrate Dr. Vishal Kumar, District Police Superintendent Kanta Jangir, BJP candidate Tinku Roy, 51-Fatikrai Constituency CPIM candidate Subrata Dash, Unakoti District Congress President Md. Badruzzaman, 53-Kailasahar constituency Trinamool Congress candidate Abdul Matin, 52-Chandipur constituency Trinamool Congress candidate Bidyut Sinha, 52-Chandipur assembly constituency Tipra Motha candidate Ranjan Sinha, CPIM leader Ranjit Nath and many others.

While speaking at the event, the administrative officials said that the counting will be done in the two centers which are RKI School in Kailashahar and Pabiacherra School in Kumarghat.

They also appealed everyone to maintain peace and harmony.

On the other hand, a peace meeting was held by flying pigeons in Chawmanu market. The meeting was attended by representatives of BJP, Congress, CPIM, Tipra Motha and other parties along with Longtorai Valley SDPO Sunacharan Jamatia, Chawmanu Block Officer Kamal Debbbarma, apart from SDM Subhash Dao. Local businessmen were also present. All of them took an oath to maintain complete peace and harmony in the area after the declaration of assembly election results.

However, administratively, even though the all-party meeting has been held by the police administration from time to time, the administration is not opening its mouth about how much the situation is under control.