Agartala, Jan 17 (UNI) The quadruplet agreement headed by Union home minister Amit Shah to settle the displaced Brus in Tripura, amid demands of their repatriation by the non-tribal residents, has evoked mixed reactions.
Besides BJP, opposition Congress, CPI (M) and all other tribal parties, including Tripura royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman, hailed the decision as ‘historic’ to end the 23-year-old impasse over the settlement of about 34,000 Bru displaced people.
Nagarik Suraksha Mancha (NSM), an apolitical outfit for the residents of Kanchanpur, where the Bru refugees have been living in camps, expressed annoyance over the deal and termed it as ‘suicidal’.