AGARTALA, May 21 -- The Tripura Pradesh Congress Adivasi Committee, representing the indigenous faction of the Tripura unit of the Congress party, met with state chief secretary Jitendra Kumar Sinha, urging him to prevent the implementation of the citizenship amendment act (CAA) in Tripura.

The Adivasi Committee of the Congress party stressed on the need to safeguard the interests of the indigenous population of Tripura.

In a detailed memorandum, the committee highlighted the historical context of Tripura, a state that shares borders with Bangladesh on three sides.

They emphasized that Tripura, once a princely state with a tribal majority, has seen its indigenous population dwindle to a minority due to continuous immigration from erstw...