Tripura CM stresses on Peace and Unity at Jampui
Almost after twenty years, Jampui Hills in North Tripura on Tuesday registered the arrival of any Chief Minister of the state. Naturally, there was an overwhelming response among the local people following Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s visit.
He went to Jampui for participating in an inaugural ceremony held at Vangmun playground. Accompanied by two cabinet colleagues- Pranajit Singha Roy, Santana Chakma, and MLA Bhagaban Das, Deb addressed a huge gathering as well as inaugurated a tourist lodge and Farmers’ Knowledge Centre in a virtual format.
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The Chief Minister’s speech mostly emphasized maintaining ‘peace, unity and harmony’ among the people of Kanchanpur, Dasda and Jampui Hills.
“We are following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mantra- Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Biswas. So, we have to remember that neither we are Mizo nor Reang nor Bengali, at first we all are Indians,” Deb told the gathering with a message to maintain peace and harmony.
The Chief Minister also appreciated the people residing at Vangmun—the cleanest village. He said, apart from maintaining cleanliness, there is a need of development too. In this context, he said the works road from Vangmun to Simlung had already commenced at a project cost of Rs. 309.43 crore.
“Tripura became a full-fledged state in 1972. Since then, it’s the biggest ever project for the people of Vangmun,” Deb pointed out.
In the meantime, the Chief Minister virtually inaugurated the newly-constructed Zodai Tourist Lodge at Phuldungsei. He feels the tourist lodge would offer more comfort to the tourists.
On the other hand, the United Co-Ordination Committee (UCC) comprising of Bru Songroma Motoh (BSM), Bru Socio-Cultural Organization (BSCO), Young Bru Association (YBA), Young Chakma Association (YCA), Chakma National Council of India (CNCI), Tripura Chakma Students' Association (TCSA) and Tripura Chubalai Buthu (TCB) submitted a memorandum with seven demands to the Chief Minister.
As per the memorandum, they demanded that the boundary-stretching by Mizoram Government of Tripura land near about 66 kms should be undertaken immediately by the Government of Tripura as well as the demarcation of the entire stretched land in no time for the benefit of the inhabitants of Tripura.
They also demanded to reinstall Shivriikuong (Shiva Linga) at Betlianchip in Jampui Hills in North Tripura District where the Shivrai Kung was worshipped and existed earlier (the Shiva Linga was destroyed by the unknown miscreants, to shift the camp of IR-Bn of Mizoram Police from Kawnpui to another place. AS they mentioned, the land was actually owned by a Buddhist Temple or Chalonsi community of Tripura. The said land was illegally occupied by the Mizoram government and to re-establish of Buddhist Temple in that ancient holy place.
Their demands also included immediate initiative for re-settlement of Bru people as per the tripartite agreement and financial compensation along with government jobs to three families under the Disaster Management Act.
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