AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): In compare to other years’ budget for ADC, recently Law Minister Ratanlal Nath claimed that BJP-IPFT Govt has kept the highest budget in compare to any another State Govt in Tripura.

The Minister’s statement came after CPI-M alleged low budget for ADC fund under BJP-IPFT Govt.

Ratanlal Nath said that BJP Govt allocated highest ever fund and what CPI-M alleged on fund is absolutely a lie.461 crores 57 lakh 55 thousand is ADC budget of the year under BJP-IPFT Govt which is the highest ever in Tripura’s history.

After Ratanlal Nath’s statement, CPI-M spokesperson Bijan Dhar said, “CPI-M’s yearly data did not include salaries, allowances, but we only mentioned about the fund, whereas the Minister shown that data by adding the salaries of the employees, not just ADC fund”, adding, “BJP-IPFT Govt’s budget is the lowest”.

CPI-M also launching 1 month long agitation centering ADC deprivation by the BJP-IPFT Govt.