Rally by six indigenous political parties against CAB

A newly formed political platform comprising of six indigenous political parties of Tripura Wednesday organised a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and the police attack on Twipra Students Federation at Madhavbari on January 8.

The 'Committee for movement against Citizenship Bill' comprises of representatives from INPT, IPFT (Tipraha), NCT, ST cell of Congress and Tripura United Indigenous Peoples Council (TUIPC) and Joint Action Committee of Civil Societies.

The protesters burnt an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the rally
Addressing a rally of the tribals at Khumulwng, the headquarters of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous Territorial Council (TTAATC), Pradyot Kishore said, "the indigenous people of Tripura would not accept the bill as it would harm their interests. The bill must be scrapped or the movement would continue."