India, Jan. 30 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) coordinator Prakash Karat on Wednesday targetted the Centre and the Tripura government, and said that "murdering democracy" is in the of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Raising questions about Tripura's democracy, Karat said, "The Marxist party and Tripura's communist movement are moving forward despite facing obstacles and attacks. We want to tell the BJP and its government that the more you attack us, the more we will rise up. You (the BJP government) have denied permission to this opposition party to hold a mass rally. This reflects the state of Tripura's democracy. The murder of democracy is in the DNA and genes of BJP."

Karat made the comments while addressing the CPIM's 24th t...