Agartala, Dec. 13 -- Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said that during the long rule of the CPI(M), the communists had turned the janajatis into a ballot box, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a party that works for the people.

CM Manik Saha said this at a gathering organised by the BJP at the Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan premises in Agartala today.

Today, CM Saha welcomed a total of 5,050 voters from 1,706 families into the BJP.

While addressing the meeting, CM Saha said that for a long time the communists used to start counting from 20 in Assembly elections, as they knew that 20 seats were guaranteed to them because they had made the janajatis a ballot box.

"That is why they used to start counting from 20. Bu...