Agartala, July 25 -- Ruling BJP's alliance partner TIPRA Motha founder and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman today urged the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) to immediately constitute a monitoring committee to detect illegal immigrants residing in the 6th schedule area.
Raising concerns over possible infiltration from neighbouring Bangladesh, Pradyot said the issue should be taken seriously, especially in light of recent evictions of illegal settlers from Assam. An all-party monitoring committee has to be formed to identify illegal immigrants entering ADC areas.
However, this committee should not function along political lines but as a body committed to protecting the rights of indigenous people, he said. High...