Two days after BJP’s win, Lenin statue in Tripura’s Belonia brought down

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Tripura. Mar 6, 2018: Two days after Assembly election results were announced in Tripura, a statue of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin was brought down by a crowd using a JCB.

The statue was situated in south Tripura’s Belonia town. The statue was brought down amid chants of ’Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.

The statue was built 5 years ago on the 21st year of CPI-M’s rule in Tripura.

The entire incident of the statue falling down was captured.

The CPI-M claims that the incident is an example of "Communist phobia", the Indian Express reported. At the same time, BJP said that the statue was taken down by the people of Tripura who were oppressed by the Left.

BJP workers have also been accused of vandalising CPI-M’s offices in various parts of Tripura. Incidents of vandalism were reported from Bishalgarh, Amarendranagar, Mohanpur, Sabroom, Melagarh, Khowai, Jirania, Khomlung, Belonia, Ramnagar (Agartala), and South Ramnagar (Agartala).

The incidents came to light two days after the BJP and Indigenous People Front of Tripura (IPFT) won a majority of seats in the recently held assembly elections.