<p>Several persons, including a CPI(M) MLA, were injured in a clash between supporters of the ruling BJP and the opposition party in the South Tripura district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The CPI(M) organised a street-corner meeting on Sunday at Rajnagar against the price hike of essential commodities, they said.</p>.<p>The BJP also gathered a group of party workers on the opposite side of the road and they started shouting slogans, said Soumya Debbarma, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Belonia.</p>.<p>"Due to slogans and counter slogans, the situation soon turned volatile and the activists of the rival parties started pelting stones at each other. Police resorted to mild baton-charge and fired five teargas shells to disperse the mob," he said.</p>.<p>The clash left at least 12 persons, including MLA Sudhan Das and a Tripura State Rifles personnel, injured, the officer said.</p>.<p>Das and a few party workers were admitted to the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) for treatment, the CPI(M) said in a statement.</p>.<p>BJP spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharya said that some of its workers, including BJP mandal president Ranjit Sarkar, were injured in the incident.</p>.<p>The police officer said that no party had obtained permission for organising any meeting or rally, but an adequate number of police personnel was deployed, sensing tension in the area.</p>.<p>The situation is normal now and police are on alert to prevent any further flare-up, he said.</p>
<p>Several persons, including a CPI(M) MLA, were injured in a clash between supporters of the ruling BJP and the opposition party in the South Tripura district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The CPI(M) organised a street-corner meeting on Sunday at Rajnagar against the price hike of essential commodities, they said.</p>.<p>The BJP also gathered a group of party workers on the opposite side of the road and they started shouting slogans, said Soumya Debbarma, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Belonia.</p>.<p>"Due to slogans and counter slogans, the situation soon turned volatile and the activists of the rival parties started pelting stones at each other. Police resorted to mild baton-charge and fired five teargas shells to disperse the mob," he said.</p>.<p>The clash left at least 12 persons, including MLA Sudhan Das and a Tripura State Rifles personnel, injured, the officer said.</p>.<p>Das and a few party workers were admitted to the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) for treatment, the CPI(M) said in a statement.</p>.<p>BJP spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharya said that some of its workers, including BJP mandal president Ranjit Sarkar, were injured in the incident.</p>.<p>The police officer said that no party had obtained permission for organising any meeting or rally, but an adequate number of police personnel was deployed, sensing tension in the area.</p>.<p>The situation is normal now and police are on alert to prevent any further flare-up, he said.</p>