After the meeting in Agartala, TMP supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman said that his party is sticking to its ‘greater Tipraland’ demand and “Centre should fulfil our demand and they should come out clearly with their views about our demand”.
“Pakistan tried to impose the Urdu language on the people of East Pakistan and then the language movement started (in 1948) leading to the creation of sovereign Bangladesh. Similarly, tribal language should be respected by all, and we need our own script for the language of the indigenous people,” he told the media.
Mishra also held a meeting with Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday.The TMP leaders led by Deb Barman during the past several months held a series of meetings with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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The TMP, which had earlier captured the politically important Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council in April 2021, has been demanding that a separate state of Greater Tipraland be created by covering the areas under the autonomous body. The TMP is the second largest party in the Tripura assembly. TMP has 13 MLAs in a 60 members assembly.BJP in the run-up polls had ruled out the creation of a separate state. TMP recently organised a rally in support of Greater Tipraland State or a separate state status for the tribals under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
