GG News Bureau
Agartala, 1st Feb. The Election Commission rejected the CPI(M)’s complaint against its MLA Mabashar Ali, who is the BJP’s Kailashahar candidate in the upcoming assembly election.
CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury requested Ali’s disqualification as the BJP candidate in a letter to the Kailashahar assembly’s returning officer on Tuesday.
“As Mabashar Ali neither resigned from the Assembly, nor from the party, in no circumstances, he may be treated as a candidate of the BJP. Hence, he may be disqualified for being a BJP candidate for want of statutory legal requirement,” Choudhury said in the letter.
After receiving the letter, returning officer Pradip Sarkar examined Ali’s nomination and determined that his papers were in order, rejecting the complaint.
Chief Electoral Officer Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao said, “The EC received a complaint against Mabashar Ali. The returning officer examined his Form A and B, and found his nomination is in order. The decision has already been communicated to the CPI(M) state secretary.”
Birajit Sinha, the state president of the Congress, is running for the prestigious seat in Unakoti district.
Ali, who defeated Sinha in the 2018 elections as a CPI(M) candidate, joined the ruling BJP, which nominated him for the seat.
Tripura will hold assembly elections on February 16, with results expected on March 2.
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