Unprecedented response in TSF march

Courtesy: Tripura Today, Agartala, Sep 21, 2013 

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More than 15,000 students under the banner of Twipra Students Federation on Saturday, September 21 marched through the streets of the state capital raising a vociferous demand for inclusion of the name Ujjayanata in the Tripura state museum slated to be inaugurated by the Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday. Unprecedented enthusiasm and euphoria was seen among the students who came from Sadar North, Sadar East and parts of Bisalgarh subdivision. So overwhelmed were the INPT leaders by the huge response of the TSF march that they claimed that the vexed issue of Ujjayanta palce will help them gather momentum in the run up to their march slated to take place on Saturday next. The sheer call by Maharaja Pradyot who had appealed to cross section of the people to oppose the move of the state government seems to have worked wonders and there was a march of the young brigade in the state capital that was not witnessed in recent times.

Heavy police bandobast was undertaken and DSP Central Rajendra Dutta was seen overseeing the deployment of a big TSR contingent to keep tabs on those who took part in the march. He was later joined by Additional SP Manik Das. Upen Debbarma of TSF later led a delegation of TSF leaders to Rajbhan where a memorandum was submitted to Governor Debananda Konwar. With the success of the march today the momentum seems to have shifted all of a sudden and Maharaja Pradyot is the one who is getting all the support as well as sympathy of cross section of the people. Under such circumstances it remains to be seen whether or not the Vice President goes ahead with his visit or not which will definitely be controversial to say the least. Earlier President Pranab Mukherjee had landed in controversy after he decided to inaugurate the Palatana power plant inspite of the fact that all was not going well in the plant. Soon after the President left production came to a grinding halt and till date it has not reached the full capacity.