A six-member delegation of CPI(M) on Monday met Chief Minister Manik Saha over post-poll violence in the state. They claimed that more than 2,000 incidents of attacks on opposition party activists were reported since March 2, the day assembly results were declared.

CPIM leader Manik Sarkar said the Chief Minister assured the team of taking appropriate steps to stop such violence.

“We have seen widespread violence from the day of counting. At least 2,016 attacks, including assaults, arson, ransacking, and burning of rubber plantations, were reported in our state,” he told reporters here after the meeting with the CM at his residence.

One CPI(M) worker, who was attacked on the day of counting in Khowai district, breathed his last at GBP hospital here, while four more died of shock following such violence, he said.

“Today, our delegation met the Chief Minister and submitted a representation, mentioning the violence on CPI(M) leaders, workers, and supporters. He assured us of taking appropriate steps to stop such attacks,” he said.

The BJP secured 32 seats, and its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura got one in the last elections to the 60-member assembly. While the CPI(M)-Congress combined bagged 14, and the Tipra Motha Party managed 13.

The veteran Left leader also claimed that the “BJP’s support base is eroding” in the north-east region as the party got around 40-odd seats together in the recent elections to Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland.