AGARTALA, January 24 (TIWN): One day sit-in-demonstration was organized by IWOT a women's wing of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) at Khumulwng, TTAADC, here today.

Addressing in the one day sit-in-demonstration former MLA Rajeshwar Debbarma said that the uninterrupted 22 ­year stint in power seems to have taken a toll on the financial transparency of the Left Front administration in Tripura. Corruption in implementation of rural development schemes continues unabated.

There is a state government of Tripura eats up all the money which comes from the central government for development, he mentioned.

He further said that despite having serious discontent among the tribals on left front government in Tripura for past 22 years, opposition could not even manage to secure their victory in all 20 tribal dominated assembly constituencies in the 60-member House because of leadership crisis and lack of commitment to public sufferings, he added.

“INPT has acceptability among the tribals and even the leftists because the party, since beginning, has been fighting for establishment of rights and talks about the sufferings of the tribal community,” Debbarma said, adding that since the party did not fight alone, people voted for CPI-M.

“More power to ADC includes financial autonomy and direct funding to ADC by the central government, to include Kokborok in 8th schedule of the Constitution and proper implementation of tribal development program besides, upgradation of social infrastructure in tribal infested hilly areas to remove the sense of isolation,” Debbarma mentioned. 

The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) was formed under Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution in 1987 to protect ad safeguard interest of people from the recognized tribal communities. The district council currently houses 19 indigenous communities. It covers 67 percent of the territorial area of the state.

President of INPT Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl, INPT General Secretary Jagadish Debbarma and other members of INPT were present in the demonstration.