Tripura: CPI(M) Tribal Wing to Submit Deputation to Governor, Demands Action on Rural Jobs

AGARTALA: Tripura Ganamukti Parisad (GMP), the tribal wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), will submit a deputation to Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu on January 11. The deputation will address various concerns, including the low number of man-days in the rural job scheme and allegations of corruption within an autonomous council, according to a senior leader.

Addressing a press conference, GMP general secretary Radhacharan Debbarma said a program has been planned out following the decision taken at the conference of Adivasi Adhikari Rashtriya Manch in Delhi on December 1. "We want the BJP-led NDA government in Delhi to pass the Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill, 2019, at the earliest, as it has been pending for several years," he said.

The bill is intended to grant more financial and executive powers to the autonomous councils in the Sixth Schedule areas of the northeastern region.

“There have been no elected bodies of the village committees, like gram panchayats, since 2021. In the absence of elected bodies, leaders of Tipra Motha are siphoning off funds that are meant for development work. We want the BJP-led state government to hold elections to the village committees as early as possible”, he said.

The former tribal council chief also criticized the BJP government over “shrinking man-days” under the MGNREGA, a guaranteed rural job scheme.

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