Tripura CM again into controversy

New Delhi, May 02: Controversy after controversy is the phrase being used for Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb. Deb's controversy started with shocking statements on satellite communication in Mahabharata time to questioning Diana beauty.

CM has again created a fresh controversy, this time by saying that if anyone criticises his government "their nails need to be chopped off".

"It shouldn't happen that with my government, somebody points fingers at it or scratches it with their nails. Anyone who scratches it, their nails should be chopped off," said Deb in a speech.

The CM used the analogy of what a vegetable vendor goes through to illustrate his point. "A vegetable seller brings fresh bottle gourd to market at 8 in the morning. By 9 am, so many people have touched it, it gets so many nail marks that it can't be sold. Then it must be either fed to a cow or taken back home. I will not allow that to happen to my government," he said, going on to then say critics' nails should be chopped off.