” I RISE HERE TO MOVE A PROPOSAL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AUGUST HOUSE TO STRENGTHENING  THE TRIPURA TRIBAL AREAS AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL (TTA-ADC) AND OTHER SUCH AUTONOMOUS COUNCILS OF NORTH EAST BY AMENDING THE 6TH SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THAT TTA-ADC AND OTHER COUNCILS BE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO ACHIEVE THE SACRED OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING  LAND IN THE HAND OF TARGETTED SECTION OF PEOPLE FROM FURTHER ALIENATION, ENSURE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA/REGION AND ETHNOLOGICAL UPLIFTMENT.

> 6TH SCHEDULE PROVISION WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR ASSAM PROVINCE ONLY. GRADUALLY IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MEGHALAYA, MIZORAM AND TRIPURA. TRIPURA TRIBAL AREAS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL (TTA-ADC) HAS COME INTO EXISTENCE INITIALLY UNDER 7TH SCHEDULE IN 1982 AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY FURTHER AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION UNDER 6TH SCHEDULE IN 1985, FOLLOWING POPULAR DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT WAGED BY THE TRIBAL AND NON-TRIBAL MASSES OF TRIPURA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CPI(M) AND LEFT FOR COUPLE OF YEARS.
> NOW, IN COURSE OF TIME THE PROVISIONS OF 6TH SCHEDULE FOUND TO BE NOT ADEQUATE TO ADDRESS THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE AND COUP UP WITH THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT. TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND TTA-ADC HAS ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY  BY REQUESTING THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO TAKE APPROPRIATE INITIATIVE TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROVISIONS OF THREE TIER PANCHAYAT LIKE STRUCTURES IN TTA-ADC, DEVOLUTION OF CERTAIN POWERS FOR ENSURING HOLISTIC CONTROL OVER LAND, NATURAL RESOURCES, REVENUE AND CHANNELISING FUNDS FROM CENTRAL MINISTRIES/PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PEOPLE OF TRIPURA ARE ALSO OVERWHELMINGLY URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO FURTHER STRENGTHENING TTA-ADC FOR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE.
> MY EARNEST APPEAL TO THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS PRESENT HERE IN THIS AUGUST HOUSE TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THIS CRUDE FACT AND BRING AN COMPREHNSIVE LEGISLATION THAT THE VERY LEGITIMATE DEMAND OF TRIPURA STATE AND ENTIRE NORTH EAST IS ADDRESED. WHICH SHALL HELP CURVE THE SINISTER EFFORT OF REACTIONARY FORCES AND QUARTERS LED BY FOREIGN AGENCIES TO DESTABILISE THE NORTH EAST AND THROTTLE OUR NATIONAL INTEGRATION, ALSO PUT THE PEOPLE OF TTA-ADC AND OTHER AUTONOMOUS COUNCILS ON THE TRACK OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENT.”