Agartala, April 20 -- The Kokborok script debate reignited in Tripura after the Kokborok Sahitya Parishad (KBSP), a literary body, urged the Tripura government to adopt a native Indian script, preferably Bengali or Devanagari, for writing Kokborok.

The KBSP also demanded the inclusion of Kokborok in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, arguing it would open doors for research, academic development, and allow Kokborok speakers to appear for competitive exams in their mother tongue.

In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, the KBSP emphasized Kokborok's long-standing tradition of being written in the Bengali script and noted that many scholars already use it.

"Kokborok can be appropriately written in either Devan...