Agartala, Mar 15 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday said his government has been giving priority to the prosperity and development of the tribal community.
Addressing a BJP programme at Rabindra Bhavan here, he said five of the 12 ministers in the state are from the tribal community, which is rare in Tripura’s political history.
“Not only ministers, Ram Pada Jamatia from the tribal community, is set to be the speaker of the assembly,” he said.
He accused Tipra Motha Party supremo chief Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma of creating confusion among tribals about the script for the Kokborok language.
“It was Pradyot Kishore who had agreed on maintaining the status quo over the script for the Kokborok language just before the commencement of the state school board examination last year. Accordingly, it was carried out, but now he has been insisting on Roman script for the Kokborok language,” the CM said.
Saha alleged the Tipra Motha has become an institution of “falsehood and allurement”.
“We won nine out of 13 constituencies that we had contested in the 2021 elections of the tribal council. Later, one member of the council joined the BJP and quit it following allurement (by the Tipra Motha),” he said.
The CM criticised the Tipra Motha-administered tribal council over alleged corruption.
“The council witnessed corruption over the past five years. Some of its members even made foreign trips, and if they win the assembly elections, they will go to the moon,” he quipped.
Promising “real development” in the tribal council area, Saha urged the people to vote for the BJP in the upcoming elections. PTI PS SOM
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