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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
BJP-TIPRA Motha relation turns sour in Tripura?
Agartala: The relation between the two ruling partners in Tripura govt — BJP and TIPRA Motha — has gradually become strained, as the latter party feels the govt is not considering their issues of concern seriously and that their demands have not been fulfilled. TIPRA Motha leaders have confronted the govt on several issues since they joined the ruling front and got two ministerial berths last year. After a long persuasion, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) appointed an interlocutor to negotiate TIPRA Motha's core demand for Greater Tipraland and associated socio-economic, cultural and social issues, but there has been no headway. BJP and TIPRA Motha have been facing differences on selection of scripts for Kokborok (dialect spoken by tribals). While Motha and other tribal parties demanded for the Roman script, BJP argued for Bengali or Devanagari script for the language. The ruling party of Tripura ADC has been fighting for direct funding from the Centre and empowerment, for which they said to have forged an alliance with BJP, but this has not happened yet, Motha leaders said. Recently, TIPRA party launched an agitation demanding action against district magistrate (Gomati) TK Chakma for alleged misbehaviour with ADC CEM Purna Chandra Jamatia and Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo They had a protest locking down the administrative offices in the district on last Monday and issued a seven-day ultimatum to the govt for taking action against DM Chakma. On Thursday, chief minister Manik Saha, without naming anyone, issued a warning to the adversaries who had been allegedly trying to tarnish the image of his govt. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
KSS announces modified Roman as official script for Kokborok
Agartala: The Kokborok Sahitya Sabha (KSS) — the apex literary body of Kokborok (dialect spoken by tribals of Tripura) authors, thinkers and poets — announced a modified 'Roman script' as the official script for the language, further escalating the ongoing script controversy. Bikashrai Debbarma, the newly elected chairman of the advisory committee of KSS, said the decision of the Roman script was taken in the 53rd annual conference of the body held on Sunday here. "After consultation during the conference, we have passed five major resolutions and most significant resolution is related to the script issue," he said. A debate over the script selection has been finally resolved as the experts have decided that the modified version of the Roman script will from now on be the official Kokborok script. "We have made some modifications in the script for the linguistic needs of our mother tongue. It doesn't look exactly like the Roman script, which is globally in use as the written form of many languages," Debbarma said.
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Congress, Motha oppose exclusion of Roman script from Kokborok syllabus
Agartala: The opposition Congress and BJP's coalition partner TIPRA Motha have raised concerns regarding the modification of Kokborok language syllabus (tribal language) without incorporating Roman script. The tribal community and political parties have remained split on the choice of script for Kokborok language throughout the years. While some support Bengali script, most prefer Roman script, and recently a group has proposed Devanagari script. The govt has delegated this decision to the tribal community. Reports indicate that the committee responsible for updating and restructuring Kokborok textbooks for Classes IX to XII has directed experts to exclude literary works in Roman script from the revised syllabus, causing significant unrest among tribal communities.
