Holding placards and banners and chanting slogans in support of their demand, the agitators said that the Kokborok script issue has been pending for over five decades and accused the previous and.
Hundreds of tribals organised a sit-in demonstration in Agartala on Wednesday demanding the adoption of the Roman script for the tribal Kokborok language, the second official language in Tripura.
Hundreds of tribals organised a sit-in demonstration in Agartala on Wednesday demanding the adoption of the Roman script for the tribal Kokborok language, the second official language in Tripura.The agitation was spearheaded by 'Roman Script .
In a significant move, CM Manik Saha said his government is ready to prepare a script for Kokborok with “any Indian language” and has agreed to sit with TIPRA Motha over the issue.
The Roman Script for Kokborok-Choba president, Bikash Roy Debbarma, said that making Hindi compulsory for the Northeast people will be an "ill-move", which will be counter-productive.
The Roman Script for Kokborok-Choba (RSKC), a conglomeration of 56 indigenous socio-cultural organizations of Tripura have opposed the move to make Hindi a compulsory subject till Class 10 in the northeastern states