He also remarked that adopting a script associated with English, introduced by colonial rulers, was not desirable.

With the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections barely two months away, cracks within the ruling NDA alliance in Tripura appeared to widen further on Saturday as Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha virtually rejected two key demands of ally Tipra Motha Party — the immediate implementation of the Tiprasa Accord and adoption of the Roman script for the Kokborok language.

Dr. Saha made his views clear while addressing a massive joining programme of indigenous people organised by the BJP’s tribal wing, Janajati Morcha, in Agartala.

His remarks came just two days after Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma confidently predicted a decisive vict

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