Addressing the media this afternoon, Debbarma thanked student organisation viz., TISF, TSF, NSUI and TYF and Bengali scholars for supporting the cause of Roman script for Kokborok. He also expressed his regret for disturbing normal life by calling the protest.
Minister Sushanta Chaudhary on Monday evening said that the Tripura government has decided to maintain status quo in the existing arrangement for Kokborok subject.
The first day of the indefinite protest by the Tipra Indigenous Students Federation (TISF), concluded peacefully on Monday, with no untoward incidents reported till 5 pm.
The Tripura Students Federation has urged the government not to trample the rights of the tribal student and allow them the option to write Kokborok in their choice of the script.
The sudden decision by the Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) not to allow tribal students appearing for ‘Kokborak’ language to write answers in the Roman script has angered the tribal student body.
The agitators had blocked roads in support of a strike on Monday across the state, which was called by them in protest against the state government’s unwilling attitude towards fulfilling their long-pending demand for the declaration of Roman script as the official script for the tribal language Kokborok.
