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NERCPA meet to focus on the holistic development of the entire NE region, Tripura’s development strategy to get a boost : Tripura Assembly Dy. Speaker talks to TIWN
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NERCPA meet to focus on the holistic development of the entire NE region, Tripura’s development strategy to get a boost : Tripura Assembly Dy. Speaker talks to TIWN
PHOTO : LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan arrived at Raj Bhawan. TIWN Pic May 30

AGARTALA, May 30 (TIWN): Where the CPI-M ruled landlocked state Tripura is hit with several problems including CPI-M's hypocrisy regarding central funding of projects, State's deprivation and lack of willingness to resolve state issues like NH-44 to Petrol crisis, question arises what benefit will the state earn from such NERCPA meet scheduled to be held in Tripura. Talking to TIWN correspondent, Tripura Assembly Deputy Speaker Pabitra kar said that the three-day conference of North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) comprising speakers and deputy speakers of eight north-eastern states would commence here on May 30.One day before the NERCPA meet in Agartala, Tripura Assembly Deputy Speaker said that the meet is likely to focus on the holistic development of entire NE state including Tripura. Commenting over the significance of the parliamentary meeting in Tripura, kar added that such a parliamentary meet will lay emphasis on the development of the entire region and will brush the strategies and agendas of development in the state.

It is expected that many positive outcomes would be revelled in the meet. Tripura under the prolonged leadership of CM Manik Sarkar has witnessed heights of under-development in the state where still today the facility of drinking water to basic health service is at stake.

The problems does not ends here, the state under the leadership of the CPI-M have become victimised to  embezzlement of funds, MGNREGA scams, rising crime against women by the CPI-M MLA, nil industrial set up , however, now it is time to see what development does the three day long parliamentary meet brings  for Tripura.

The summit would strengthen parliamentary democracy and facilitate a dialogue between the presiding officers of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and legislative bodies of northeast,” Tripura Assembly Deputy Speaker added.

He said Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan would inaugurate the conference on Tuesday, which will be attended by Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha and senior AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien, and Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra.

Meghalaya assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal, who is the chairman of the NERCPA, and speakers, deputy speakers of all eight northeastern states, some parliamentarians, the Tripura chief minister, governor and parliamentary affairs minister, would also participate in the conference.

Tripura assembly Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar said that besides discussion on strengthening parliamentary democracy, soil erosion in north-eastern region, a burning issue here, would also be discussed.

Impact of soil erosion on the local populace and how political intervention could check this problem would be highlighted by the experts, said kar.

 

 

 

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