Overview

• Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma said Tipra Motha supporters set a BJP office on fire at Mandwai on Tuesday night and warned of consequences.
• A police complaint was filed over the blaze that gutted furniture, party flags and cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Manik Saha.
• Tipra Motha remains a junior partner in the BJP-led state government, heightening strain within the ruling alliance.
• Four people, including BJP Janajati Morcha vice-president Mangal Debbarma, were injured in a September 21 attack at Hejamara, with three shifted to GB Pant Hospital and one injured journalist among them.
• After visiting the injured, Manik Saha alleged the assailants were miscreants sheltered by Tipra Motha and said police and the judiciary would pursue those responsible, citing earlier vandalism of a BJP Mandal office and prior clashes in Asharambari and Takarjala.