Agartala, April 17 -- Amidst the Kokborok language controversy, a political standoff has emerged in Tripura as CWC member and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman calling for the Tipra Motha Party to withdraw its support from the BJP-led state government.

The demand stems from a controversy surrounding the official script for the Kokborok language.

Sharing the report of an official meeting of the Directorate of Kokborok and other minority languages with the media, Roy Barman pointed out a particular portion of the document stating that the authority should print the contents of the Kokborok textbooks in an officially approved script recognised by the Tripura Board of Secondary Education and Central Board of Secondary Education.

According to R...