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Several tribal outfits in Tripura have joined hands to push their demand for a separate state for indigenous communities in the region, arguing that their “survival and existence” was at stake.

·         The parties are demanding a separate state of ‘Greater Tipraland’ for the indigenous communities of the north-eastern state.

·         They want the Centre to carve out the separate state under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution.

·         Among the nineteen notified scheduled  Tribes in Tripura, Tripuris (aka Tipra and Tiprasas) are the biggest.

·         According to the 2011 census, there are a minimum of 5.92 large integer Tripuris within the state, followed by Reangs (1.88 lakh) and Jamatias (83,000).

What does the Constitution say?

·         Article two of the Constitution deals with admission or institution of recent states. “Parliament might by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions, because it thinks suitable,” it states.

·         Article 3 comes into play in the case of “formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States” by the Parliament.

How did the demand originate?

·         Tripura was a kingdom govern by the Manikya family line from the late thirteenth century till the linguistic communication of the Instrument of Accession with the Indian government on Oct 15, 1949.

·         The demand in the main stems from the anxiety of the autochthonic communities in reference to the modification within the demographics of the state, that has reduced them to a minority.

·         It happened due to the displacement of Bengalis from the erstwhile East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971.

What has been done to address the grievances of indigenous communities?

·         The Tripura tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTADC) was establish underneath the sixth schedule of the Constitution in 1985 to make sure development and secure the rights and cultural heritage of the tribal communities.

·         The TTADC, that has legislative and administrative powers, covers nearly twothird of the state’s geographic area.

·         The council contains thirty members of that twenty eight are appointe while 2 are nominative by the Governor.

·         Also, out of the 60 Assembly seats in the state, 20 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. 

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