Disturbances in Tripura engineered by Pak via B'desh: Roy

December 13, 2019 10:39

Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy holds forth on CAB tweeting, "Islamic persecution drove huge numbers of East Bengali Hindus into Tripura and the tribals became a minority. The tribals are not a monolithic lot - there are 19 tribes in all.

However, the Bengali dominated government, whether Congress, Communist or BJP, have never discriminated against the tribals and their principal language 'Kokborok' has been given all possible encouragement, including up to post-graduate courses. The tribal festivals are observed by Bengalis also. The disturbances in Tripura were engineered by Pakistanis through their Bangladeshi stooges.

"As soon as the India-friendly govt of Sheikh Hasina came to power, all disturbances stopped. It is suspected that some Christian missionaries also had a hand. There are tribal parties and separatist tribal parties who occasionally whip up trouble. In any case relations between Bengalis and the main tribes (Debbarma, Jamatiya, Reang) are quite cordial. There are intermarriages also. So long the troublemakers are kept in leash there is not much possibility of trouble."

Read our 2016 interview with Tathagata Roy: I am not secular, I am Hindu.

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