Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan 24 (NT):  Ahead of Tripura Assembly polls Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday made allegations over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using militants to gain power in the state.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who launched his election campaign at a public rally in Dukli, attacked the opposition BJP and Indigenous Peoples Front of Twipra (IPFT), which is apparently shaping a pre-poll association.

"IPFT is the over ground of the militants and BJP has formed an alliance with it to gain power. The manner in which earlier the Congress-TUJS conspired to remove the LF in Tripura at present BJP-IPFT is repeating the same," said Sarkar during his address

"In the name of independent Tripura the militants who have their bases in Bangladesh.They are the mask of the militants and BJP to come to power has formed alliance with them," added  CM Sarkar

If the Left Front marks its win in this Assembly election, they will come into the power with forming the government for the eighth consecutive year in Tripura.

For now, the list of candidates for the 60-member state Assembly Electionss has also been released.

As EC announced, The Assembly Elections in Tripura is scheduled to be held on February 14 and the counting will take place on March 3. (NT)