Tripura government committed to preserving old culture, says CM Manik Saha

AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the BJP government is working to preserve old culture and tradition like Putul Khela (doll game), Jatra (folk theatre) and Natak (drama).

The Chief Minister, after inaugurating the 15-day-long state-level ‘Jatra Utsav’ at Vivekananda in northern Tripura’s Dharmanagar, said that the state’s BJP government has been working and taken steps to preserve the state’s old culture and tradition, like Putul Khela, Jatra and Natak.

“When discussions were going on regarding this matter, we talked many times about the old traditions which are slowly getting lost. We have conducted a Kirtan Sanmelan (folk conference). So, we decided to organize the Jatra Utsav,” he said. Tripura Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen took the leading role in organizing the Jatra Utsav.

“We have taken the right decision by organizing it here, as people of the rural areas are still very much fond of traditional Jatra,” Saha said. He said, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision, the state government is working for an overall development of the state.

“We have been working for development. PM Modi means development. Our state government is working for overall development. The 35-year rule (of Left parties) has polluted the environment of the state, and now they (Left parties) are fighting with NOTA.” (IANS)

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