The delegation led by Forest minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia, who can be the General Secretary of IPFT.
The delegation led by Forest minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia, who can be the General Secretary of IPFT met Amit Shah on Thursday and submitted a five-point memorandum.
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- Last Updated:July 23, 2021, 18:09 IST
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A four-member delegation of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP has met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi demanding a separate Tipraland carved out of the current Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which constitutes two third of the state territory. The delegation led by Forest minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia, who can be the General Secretary of IPFT met Shah on Thursday and submitted a five-point memorandum.
Besides in search of a full-fledged state referred to as Tipraland, the meorandum has sought submission of the report of the high-level modality committee for growth of tribals, who type one third of the states inhabitants, particular recruitment drive for indigenous folks, modification of Sixth Schedule to empower the TTAADC and inclusion of Kokborok, the tribal language within the eighth schedule of the structure. IPFTs transfer comes after the BJP-IPFT alliance misplaced elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) in April this yr to the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) led by former royal Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman.
Deb Barman, grandson of the final Maharaja of Tripura has demanded a higher Tipraland which seeks to incorporate tribals not solely residing inside the tribal autonomous district, however these residing outdoors together with in different states. In order to guard the disaster of the identification of the Indigenous folks of Tripura, we place sturdy demand for creation of full-fledged Statehood Tipraland based mostly on the sixth Schedule Areas i.e., TTAADC of Tripura, the IPFT memorandum stated.
The IPFT delegates held discussions on the High-Power Modality Committee fashioned by the central authorities for socio-economic, cultural and linguistic growth of the indigenous folks. They additionally requested the Home Minister to hasten the submission of the committees report.
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