Agartala, March 18 -- Almost a year after row over script of choice for Kokborok language, lingua franca of majority of tribal population of Tripura, TIPRA Motha party founder and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma alleged that invigilators in some schools denied to translate question paper for Kokborok examination that was prepared in Bengali script, further claiming that many students submitted blank paper as they could not read Bengali.

In a video message, Debbarma said that the state government had given an assurance a year ago that the invigilators would provide translation support to the students during Madhyamik or Class 10 board examinations who could not read Bengali, and that the students would be allowed to write the Kokboro...