Former Tripura CM Manik Sarkar slams Tipra Motha, IPFT for ‘turning blind eye’ to individuals’s hardship

By PTI

AGARTALA: Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday lashed out at regional social gathering Tipra Motha and the IPFT, a constituent of the BJP-led authorities within the state, for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to the hardship that individuals are dealing with and “unrealistic” demand for better Tipraland.

The gas costs have reached an all-time excessive however the BJP on the Centre has been paying “no heed” to the individuals’s concern in Parliament, the CPI(M) chief stated.

“It is ridiculous that when fuel price was low worldwide, it was skyrocketing in the country. No one can survive bypassing such a core issue,” he stated whereas talking at a convention of Tribal Youth Federation, a wing of the Left social gathering.

He additionally accused the Tipra Motha and the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura of diverting the burning points by elevating the Tipraland demand.

“Where is the party that had raised Tipraland demand just before the 2018 assembly elections? Ask those people who have raised greater Tipraland to explain the concept of it,” he stated.

Taking a dig on the Tipra Motha on the better ‘Tipraland’ subject, the previous chief minister stated, “I heard of their claim that Manipur and Nagaland would come under the ambit of greater Tipraland. Bangladesh’s Chittagong will also be a part of it. Is it a realistic demand? Who will hear your voice.”

The veteran CPI(M) chief exhorted the ‘tribal saviours’ to work to strengthen the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).

“Those who consider the TTAADC is a state are living in a fool’s paradise. It is a special arrangement under the sixth schedule of the Constitution. There must be efforts to give more power to the body. Besides, initiatives should be taken to include Kokborok language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution,” he stated.

“Tipraland and greater Tipraland slogans are aimed at dismantling unity” among the many weaker part of individuals in order that they might “not elevate voice in opposition to the burning points like unemployment, inflation and excessive gas costs”, he claimed.

Sarkar additionally recalled the historical past of the ‘Janashiksha Movement’ that had “changed the education system in the tribal belts in the late 70s”.

“Around 4,000 schools were established across the state with a special focus on tribal-dominated areas. The Janashiksha Movement had played a pivotal role in expanding the education base in tribal areas,” he added.