AGARTALA, Jan 16 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister has been chosen for "Rashtriya Basava Krishi Puraskar' for this year. He is visiting Karnataka to receive the award.

But what is surprising is that this award has been instituted to felicitate persons who contribute significantly to well-being and development of Agriculture and Peasants.

The Chief Minister himself agreed in various programmes that Tripura has less agriculture production and the state is run by imported items.

Moreover, seizing tribal lands the govt here led by Manik Sarkar didn’t even bother to compensate them till day and today he is getting such an award.

Tripura Govt who advertizes itself with Tribal welfare attitudes to gather vote banks,when came the question ofRose Valley has been utter silent to bring any restriction to it. It has been reported that whereas among 100 Kani 33.14 is khas, the rest 17.5 kani is of tribals, which were taken without giving any compensation to them and ‘Khas’ always means for the government.

Apart from that whereas CPI-M party office and other unions received more than Rs. 2.5 crores during double lane expansion as compensation, but the common people yet deprived at Khayerpur. 

Tripura Footpath Sangram Samiti appealed in Tripura High Court with 100 hawkers petitioners in 2014. The result was declared before 6 months, in support of the hawkers and HC ordered to implement the Vendor Act 2014 as per the vendor rights here. But the AMC didn’t bother to follow HC’s order and the vexed people on Wednesday protested before AMC and also placed deputation to the Moyor.

In that condition Sarkar’s award remained just as a controversy.