The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) will consult regional
parties on the issue of augmentation of power of the state’s lone
autonomous district council constituted under the sixth schedule of the
constitution. Top leaders of the party reached Guwahati on Saturday for
the purpose ahead of their visit to New Delhi to place demands to the
Central government.
INPT President Bijay Kumar Hrangkhawl, Vice President Nagendra Jamatia
and General Secretary Jagadish Debbarma will hold talks with leaders of
the regional parties and office bearers of other autonomous districts
councils. Unlike rival Indigenous Peoples’ Front of Tripura (IPFT) which
is voicing for a separate state for the minority tribal population,
INPT wants to take a pragmatic approach on the whole issue.
“We don’t want bifurcation of the state, but definitely demand measures
to strengthen the tribal district council. The present council has very
limited power and jurisdiction”, Jagadish Debbarma told The Hindu.
He said the council should be given authority under the seventh schedule
of the constitution that was only granted to the Bodo Territorial
Council (BTC) in Assam. The party would place this and other demands to
the central government leaders including Home Minister Sushil Kumar
Shinde at New Delhi.
INPT leaders said they want the centre moves a bill on assigning more
power to the Tripura tribal autonomous district council in upcoming
winter session of the parliament. The party would also lobby for other
demands concerning s indigenous people who constitute one third of total
population of Tripura, they added.
A team of IPFT leaders are also slated to visit New Delhi soon to demand
for a separate state for the tribals. The party has been agitating for a
new state with areas under the tribal autonomous district council.
The council covers three fourth of total area of the state, but has only one fourth of population in a state 3.6million people.
WE need to work together all Indigenous people and all Parties .
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