Reported by, Oct. 1 -- Mrinal Banik

Agartala: Tripura Pradesh Congress Seva Dal on Thursday organised a sit-in here in Agartala, demanding the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleging electoral malpractice, denial of democratic rights and weakening of constitutional institutions.

Tripura Pradesh Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha, MLA and CWC member Sudip Roy Barman, MLA Gopal Chandra Roy and other party leaders and workers attended the programme.

Saha alleged that the electoral environment in Tripura had deteriorated since 2018 and claimed that voters were intimidated during elections and prevented from reaching polling stations. He also alleged that voters who exercised their franchise despit...