Tripura: Tipra Motha Calls For 12-Hour Bandh In Tribal Areas Today To Push For ‘Greater Tipraland’

The Tipra Motha party has called for a 12-hour bandh in tribal areas of Tripura, demanding an 'early constitutional solution' to the demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’ statehood.

Tipra Motha President Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma.

Source : PTI

The Tipra Motha party has called for a 12-hour bandh in tribal areas of Tripura today to press for an “early constitutional solution” to the demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’ statehood. The regional party called the bandh in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Friday urged party leaders to observe the proposed September 30 bandh in the tribal district council area peacefully and make it a success.

"I appeal to party MLAs, executive members and MDCs of TTAADC to be on the ground to make the bandh a total success in order to send a strong message to Delhi. I want to see all the warriors of Tiprasa on the ground in order to remain connected with the people," he said on social media, as quoted by the news agency PTI. "For the past 76 years, injustice has been done to the sons of soil by depriving them of rights to land, politics, and the economy. We have waited for long but now we want our rights to be recognised," he said.

Tipra Motha Supremo Criticises CPI(M) For Opposing The Bandh

Debbarma criticised the CPI(M) for opposing the bandh called by the regional party. Stating that the bandh should not be seen as politics, He also stated that it has been called to send a strong message to Delhi that "Tiprasa people are united and raise voices for their rights". 

"The people, who came and urged me not to field candidates in Boxanagar and Dhanpur assembly by-elections, are opposing bandh called by Tipra Motha! They had projected Manik Sarkar (ex-CM) as the poorest chief minister but did not say why he had not done anything for the Tiprasa people? They had ruled the state for 25 years but kept the Tiprasa people most underdeveloped in the northeast, he alleged.

Security On Alert To Maintain Peace During Bandh

Security has been alerted in the tribal council areas to maintain peace during the bandh. All the district SPs were asked to enhance security measures to maintain pace during the bandh. Additional companies of CRPF and TSR jawans have been deployed to avoid any untoward incident. "We are also in talks with the leaders of Tipra Motha to ensure peace", Asst Inspector General (AIG), Law & Order Jyotishman Das Chowdhury said, as quoted by PTI.