Former Chief Executive Member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), Radhacharan Debbarma, has raised concerns over the acute financial crisis faced by the TTAADC. He attributed the crisis to the excessive manpower deployed across various administrative wings, from zonal to sub-zonal levels, as well as in the advisory committee.
Speaking at a press conference held at the CPI-M party office, Debbarma highlighted the impact of the financial crisis on approximately 80-85 employees, pensioners, and retirees, who have not received their salaries, pensions, leave salaries, and gratuities. Additionally, he accused the ADC administration of failing to provide financial assistance to around 15,000 to 16,000 jhumia (shifting cultivator) families in the ADC, resulting in severe hardships for the poor villagers across the state’s eight districts.
Debbarma placed blame on both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state and the TIPRA Motha party in the ADC for the current situation. He criticized the lack of developmental works in the ADC areas over the past three years, leading to difficulties for the local population in sustaining their livelihoods. The former CEM highlighted the failure of the ADC administration to generate adequate mandays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), further exacerbating the problems faced by the impoverished villagers.
Continuing his critique, Debbarma accused the TIPRA Motha party of neglecting the education sector in the ADC, claiming that over 100 schools had been shut down and those still operational were running with only one teacher in many cases.
Furthermore, Debbarma expressed opposition to the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the TTAADC area. He argued that such implementation would undermine the autonomous power of the ADC and adversely affect land rights and reservation policies for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC).
