India, Dec. 18 -- Several tribal student organisations, led by the Twipra Students' Federation (TSF) and the Tipra Indigenous Students' Federation (TISF), on Thursday held torch rallies across Tripura to protest Chief Minister Manik Saha's recent remarks on the script of the Kokborok language.

In the state capital, leaders and supporters of the TSF and TISF took out a rally from Swami Vivekananda Maidan, which passed through various parts of Agartala before culminating in front of the Tripura State Museum.

Similar torch rallies were organised in other parts of the state.

The protest was triggered by the Chief Minister's suggestion that Kokborok speakers should consider adopting an indigenous script instead of the Roman script, stating ...