Agartala: Thousands of non-tribals on Thursday organised a rally demanding rehabilitation of displaced people who were affected due to settlement of 34,000 Reang refugees in northern Tripura.
An agreement signed in New Delhi on January 16, stated that those Reang tribals among the 34,000 migrants unwilling to go back to Mizoram, would be rehabilitated in Tripura under a Rs 600 crore package.
Around 15,000 people, mostly non-tribals under the banner of the Nagarik Suraksha Manch (citizen protection platform) on Thursday held a rally in northern Tripura’s Kanchanpur demanding rehabilitation of the displaced non-tribal people, mostly Bengali community.
Rights group and student leaders from Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati including Chandan Chatterjee and Kausik Maiti and leaders of different political parties addressed the gathering on Thursday, held at Kanchanpur, 200 km north of Agartala. (IANS)
