Agartala, Oct 13 (PTI) The CPI(M) has strongly condemned the BJP-led Manik Saha government in Tripura for not allowing the party to observe 'Martyrs' day' at Birchandra Manu in South district.

The CPI(M) pays tribute to 13 people, including 11 CPI(M) leaders and workers who were killed at Birchandra Manu on October 12, 1988 (during Congress-TUJS regime).

"This year, the party had sought permission from local police to observe the 'martyrs' day' in memory of those who had been brutally killed on October 12, 1988. I have personally informed the DM and SP of the South district about the programme, but they did not give permission to the party", CPI (M) Tripura secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

He said the BJP is in no way associated with the mayhem because it

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