AGARTALA, Nov 21 (TIWN): The chit fund related protest roars which are hitting the CPI-M Govt for its major involvement in promoting chit fund, had successfully opened at least 14 lakhs of bank account in tiny state out of its 36 lakhs population during 1999 to 2013. This has termed by the opposition as a major economic landslide under the CPI-M Govt in Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s regime. The estimated chit fund looted amount couldn’t be guessed, although only from Rose Valley Chit fund companies, Rs. 35,000 crores were cheated to the public, a recent data said. Opposition BJP raised question, how Rose Valley promoted so fast and why till day the investigation against Rose Valley remain cold ?
Recently opposition MLA Ratan Lal Nath said, “Chit Fund was the major economic landslide for Tripura, had snatched 30 years of state govt’s income”. MLA Sudip Barman said, “Basically Rose Valley had targeted poor and the middle class families led by various promotion campaigning by the Chief Minister and his other Ministers, MPs, CPI-M leaders”.

MLA Ratan Lal Nath said in a press meet that not 78 but there were atleast 138 chit fund companies looted Tripura, although Tripura Govt hided the issue.

“Out of 78 cases undertaken by SIT only 18 chargesheetes were submitted in the court but whether any investigation is going on or not nobody knows”, said the MLA.

“Even though aleast Rs. 35,000 cores were made by the chit fund owners, but Tripura Govt in a recent press release said that Rs. 35 crores were looted by the chit fund companies, which was another major lie”, said Nath.

“Till day SIT could not clearly say how many chit fund companies had taken shelter in Tripura. Sometimes they had assumed the number as 75 and sometimes it was increased at 78, but there were at least 138 chit fund companies looted the public in Tripura”, Nath added. 

Tripura Opposition MLA Sudip Roy Barman said, "SIT is investigating Rose Valley ? I want to ask SIT's Chief into Chit Fund scam K V Sreejesh, "Have you interrogated Chief Minister Manik Sarkar ? Have you interrogated Bijita Nath, Goutam Das just as CBI has done ? "

However, recently BJP has written a  letter to CBI with all evidences of corruption related to chit fund demanding Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s arrest for his direct, indirect links with chit fund scam.