BJP-TIPRA clash on TTAADC budget in Tripura Assembly

Agartala: Leader of the Opposition Animesh Debbarma and Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Tuesday got involved in a heated debate over the flow of funds in areas under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).

As Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha sought to counter the sweeping charges of financial deprivation against his government, Leader of the Opposition Animesh Debbarma outrightly rejected the CM’s counterarguments maintaining that they were not in the assembly to be fooled.

While addressing the house on the motion of thanks to the governor’s address, Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP can only bring development for the indigenous people of the state. We keep hearing from our friends in the opposition that TTAADC is not getting any attention from the end of the state government. But the flow of funds to the TTAADC areas tells an altogether different story. With due respect to what has been told by the members of the principal opposition party, I want to add there are other aspects of the spending as well. In the financial year 2021-22, the TTAADC administration has directly received Rs 537.25 crore but the 49 departments that are controlled by the state government have spent a whopping amount of Rs 4,401.04 crore. In 2022-23, the TTAADC administration received Rs 543 crore while the total amount spent by the state government through its 49 departments stands at Rs 4,404 crore.”