AGARTALA, Oct 7 (TIWN): The demand of separate Twipra (Tripura) state has made ruling party afraid so much so that it has taken a complete u-turn on its demand for direct funding to Tribal District Councils. Revising its stand on the funding of ADC’s the state govt on Tuesday said it want District Council’s to be strengthen through state govt only. The sudden shift of stand of CPI-M led Tripura govt on the issue (funding to ADC’s) has once again unmask the Marxists of its mindset towards the tribal people. The party has understood the possible consequence it will face once the ADC started getting money directly from center. Once center starts transferring its fund to the ADC’s directly the party leaders of TTAADC are bound to maintain its own line rather than present narrow party politics. The Radhacharan brigade which virtually snatched the CEM post from the party leaders few month earlier may be defiant enough to implement its own vendetta. The new line of funding to ADC’s has also some other significance-the erosion in support base in hilly areas due to the emergence of IPFT and BJP has compelled CPI-M leadership to review its position and to attempt to control the damage with the projection of fight of former CM and past party leader Dasarath Deb. Party is observing the birth centenary of Dasarath Deb to redraw the attention of tribal to the CPI-M line. Moreover the direct funding demand is anonymous to the demand of separate state. Once the direct funding has started the demand of Twipra state of IPFT bound to get momentum and bring more and more aborigines in to the fold of IPFT. The CPI-M’s change of its course of position so far as tribal has once again clarified its mindset towards the people belongs to primitive groups.

The rulers want the deprivation to last long and thus politicize the issue what give them power to retain in administration so long they want.  The direct funding to the ADC’s is undoubtedly will usher a new era in speedy development in most under developed areas. The TTAADC is yet to stand on its own feet even after almost 3 decades of its formation as the tribal body is totally dependent on the mercy of its state leaders in power. The opposition to the direct funding demand is nothing but an attempt to hold the control of the leader’s activities beyond the party whip and thwart the demand of separate statehood demand. The opposition to the direct funding was aired from the heart of the state administration and that too by the state govt in presence of TTAADC supremo which denotes how control it wants to get over its boys who are adamant may in be unruly in future. The party has also demanded implementation of 73 and 74^th amendments of constitution to introduce three tier panchayet system in the TTAADC areas. This is nothing but a bold attempt to de-organize the opposition with is unique electoral mechanism.

The surge of BJP and the movement of RSS leaders in tribal hamlets with IPFT silently organizing tribal youths to the separate state demand is an indication how the coming days will be hard for the ruling party to retain in power.  The shifting of stand on direct funding to ADC’s and implementation of 73 and 74^th constitutional amendment in ADC areas to form municipal bodies are the examples how worried the party in power in Tripura.