Date:03/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/03/stories/2008100356851400.htm

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CPI(M) condemns Agartala blasts

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday strongly condemned the forces which carried out the bomb blasts in Tripura capital Agartala. The incident was an attempt to undermine the success of the Left Front government in tackling extremism, it said.

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said he spoke to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar around noon on Thursday and the four blasts resulted in 73 people getting injured and some in a critical condition.

“The Left Front government of Tripura has registered significant success in tackling the extremist groups which resorted to terrorist violence. The explosions must be seen as an attempt to destabilise the situation,” the Polit Bureau said in a statement.

The Polit Bureau conveyed its heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families. The Centre should extend all help to Tripura in tracking down the culprits, especially in view of the fact that the State had an international border on the three sides.