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CPI(M) terms Tripura victory as rejection of UPA policies
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NewsByte on 07 March, 2008 07:33:00
 
The CPI(M) on Friday said the party's victory in Tripura was a rejection of the
economic policies being followed by the Congress-led Government at the Centre by
the people of the state.
Congratulating all party workers on the victory, CPI(M) General Secretary
Prakash Karat said with this victory, the Left Front has achieved a hat-trick of
wins in three states -- Tripura, West Bengal and Kerala.
"The economic policies being followed by the Congress-led government at the
Centre has been rejected by the people of Tripura," he said.
Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechuri, said "where we are in power,
anti-incumbency does not work. In fact what works is pro-incumbency and that is
it. And this is precisely the message people are continuously giving".
In a statement, CPI(M) Central Committee congratulated the people of Tripura
for "creating history" by electing the Left Front for the fourth time.
"Due to the outstanding record of the Left Front government, all sections of
the working people, tribal and non-tribal and even Congress sympathisers have
supported the party.
"The people have rejected the opportunist alliance of the Congress with the
extremist INPT," the statement said.