PM Modi's Agartala public rally caused COVID-19 surge in state, says CPI-M left front

Opposition CPI-M led Left Front on Sunday alleged that public meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 4 in Agartala led to surge Covid-19 in Tripura.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist Tripura state Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said, “When the Central and state governments are aware about the Omicron, the new variant of Covid-19 creating havoc across the country. In this situation the PM's public rally has further aggravated the situation in Tripura. "

The left front leaders met Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and suggested several measures to arrest the spread of virus.


Chaudhury said that thousands of people are coming to Tripura by train and deboarded in various stations. There is no testing facilities to detect the passengers infected by the Covid-19.