The BJP on Saturday took out protest rallies throughout Tripura condemning the latest vandalism at Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral house in Bangladesh.
Other than the state capital, Agartala, protest rallies have been organised at Kailasahar in Unakoti district, Raghna worldwide border space in North Tripura district, Sonamura in Sepahijala district, and Belonia in South Tripura district.
Protesters have been seen attempting to breach barricades at some locations; nonetheless, there was no report of any type of conflict wherever.
“Everyone knows that the ancestral residence of Rabindranath Tagore at Sirajganj district in Bangladesh was vandalised on June 11. We strongly protested towards it and condemned it… We by no means say that Rabindranath Tagore was a Hindu poet; he was Biswakabi. We assembled at Raghna to protest towards the vandalism,” mentioned Bagbasa BJP MLA Jadab Lal Nath.
A senior police officer in Unakoti mentioned sufficient safety was deployed on the rally within the district to keep up legislation and order.
On the protest rally in Sonamura, former Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik criticised Muhammad Yunus, the top of Bangladesh’s interim authorities.
Sports activities and Youth Affairs Minister Tinku Roy, who joined the protest rally in Belonia, mentioned, “This sort of incident (vandalism) is not going to be tolerated by the Authorities of India and the Tripura authorities. As a part of the statewide protests, we hit the streets in Belonia.”
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In the meantime, Tipra Motha celebration founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma wrote on his Fb web page, “We condemn the vandalising of Kabi guru Rabindranath Tagore house in Bangladesh. He not solely wrote our nationwide anthem but additionally that of present-day Bangladesh. How ungrateful can some folks be to first vandalise Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s statue and now Rabindranath Tagore’s house! To not neglect that additionally they burnt down Maharaja Birchandra Library in Comilla. When will we realise that these persons are one of the ungrateful folks round?”
A Tipra Motha delegation led by Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma Saturday submitted a memorandum to the Tripura Governor. Within the memorandum, the BJP alliance companion urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instantly oversee the method of detection and deportation of unlawful migrants who entered the state after March 24, 1971.
The celebration additionally demanded the organising of a particular central activity drive for the detection and deportation of unlawful migrants.