AGARTALA, Feb 6 (TIWN): Demanding to conduct a meeting to discuss about the dalit issue at the parliament level, Tripura Tapashili Jati Shamannaye Samiti on Saturday staged four hours long mass demonstration in front of city centre at Paradise Chowmuhani.

During the demonstration, the members demanded for the SC/ ST prevention of atrocities act as soon as possible. Besides, they also urged to bring the ST/SC sub-plan under law and allot fund properly to the beneficiaries.

Besides, they also demanded to provide 35 kilogram of rice at the cost of Rs. 2 to the APL and BPL families. The organization also demanded to provide a seat for the Tapashili Jati at the Lok Sabha by seeing the ratio of the population of the State.

During the programme, Convener Madhab Majumder along with others was present at the Mass Demonstration from 12pm in the afternoon till 4pm in the evening.

It is to be mentioned here that on February 5 Tripura Tapashili Jati Shamannaye Samiti has staged a mass demonstration near Udaipur Post Office.

There also the organization has demanded to amend the prevention of atrocities act of ST/ SC, to provide a seat for the Tapashili Jati the Lok Sabha by seeing the ratio of the population of the State.

Besides, they also urged to conduct a meeting to discuss about the dalit issue at the parliament level.

Further, they demanded to increase the man days of MGNREGA to 200 days and to increase the wages to Rs. 300.

However, the organization on Saturday has been demanding for long time for the stringent legislation to prevent atrocities against the dalits.

However, Tripura Tapashili Jati Shamannaye Samiti has organized the mass demonstration with an aim to fulfill their prolonged demands.