By our correspondent
Agartala, January 21, 2019: People across the State, celebrated the 47th Statehood Day today. The erstwhile princely state was merged into Indian Union in October 1949 and became full-fledged State on January 21, 1972. Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki inaugurated the main function today in Agartala. In his inaugural speech, the Governor hailed cultural heritage of the State and expressed hope that people would join hands to make it even better.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said, Statehood Day is not limited within token celebration – on this Day, we have take an oath to make the State self-reliant and attain the completeness in all respects. He said that his government’s main goal was to make the state “drug free” and ensure efficient and transparent governance through transparent policies.
“The BJP-IPFT government’s main mission is to deliver efficient and transparent governance. The law enforcing agencies have maximized their insistent efforts to make Tripura a “drug free state”, as declared by the BJP government,” Deb said.
He said in the last ten months various law enforcing agencies have seized over 65,000 kg ganja (cannabis) and various other drugs and 660 people were arrested in connection with the drug menace. The market rate of 65,000 kg of ganja is around Rs. 36 crore. “With a decrease in drug related activities, crime against women has also reduced by 19 per cent during the past ten months,” Deb said.
Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Devbarma, who also shared his views on the occasion, urged people not be misguided and celebrate the spirit of united Tripura. “The culture of Tripura is very rich and has united us irrespective of sectarian believes, so it is the high time to build a healthy society that could boost the government to keep up the good work” he added. Revenue Minister NC Debbarma on the other hand, reiterating on the well-off historical backdrop of the state described the day as a red-letter one for the state.
