Agartala, April 14 -- A political controversy has erupted in Tripura's Kailashahar subdivision following the installation of a Lord Ram statue at the Srirampur tri-junction, the former site of a statue honoring the late Left Front leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of the state Baidyanath Majumder.

Expressing his concerns and dismay over the installation of lord Ram's statue, Tripura's Leader of Opposition has penned a letter to Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha stating the act as "shameful and painful."

The leader stated that the sudden, unauthorized installation carried out under the cover of darkness on April 11 has deeply hurt public sentiment and disrespected the state's cultural traditions.

"The site had originally featured a st...