The upcoming two-day session of the Tripura Legislative Assembly, beginning September 19, is expected to see heated debates as the opposition CPI(M) prepares to corner the BJP-led government over rising unemployment and deteriorating law and order in the state. On Thursday, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the CPI(M), met Leader of Opposition Jitendra Chaudhury to press for raising the demand in the House. DYFI leaders highlighted that unemployment continues to plague thousands of educated youths despite long-pending recruitment processes.
DYFI state secretary Nabarun Deb alleged that nearly 15,000 government posts have been lying vacant since 2016–17. “The interview process was completed during the Left Front government’s tenure. Only the distribution of appointment letters was left. But after the BJP came to power, all interviews were cancelled under the pretext of formulating a new recruitment policy,” Deb told reporters after the meeting. He added that the delay has left thousands of job seekers in deep distress. Chaudhury assured DYFI that the opposition will strongly raise the matter. “The Assembly will hear our stand on unemployment, law and order issues, the condition of national highways, and corruption,” he said. The CPI(M) leader stressed that the government cannot continue to ignore the frustration of the state’s unemployed youth.
Meanwhile, the Congress is also preparing to voice its own concerns. Legislature party leader Birajit Sinha said he will demand a ministerial statement on alleged corruption in the Tripura State Minority Corporation. “Students have been deprived of scholarships for months, which is unacceptable,” Sinha noted. On the legislative front, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath informed that three private member resolutions will be discussed—two from BJP legislators Rampada Jamatia and Dipak Majumder, and one from a CPI(M) member.
