Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb greets Union Home Minister Amit Shah, upon his arrival at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, in Agartala.
Highlights
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that 33% of govt jobs in Tripura will be reserved for women
- He was in Tripura to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the BJP-IPFT government
- The northeastern state will go to assembly polls early next year.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on the occasion of International Women's Day on Tuesday, announced that 33 percent of government jobs in Tripura will be reserved for women.
Addressing a rally here to mark the fourth anniversary of the BJP-IPFT government in the northeastern state, he said that Biplab Deb's administration has put a full stop to political violence. Shah claimed that farmers' earnings have doubled under the present government, and the per capita income has increased to Rs 1.3 lakh.
"Agartala has been connected with the rest of the country through rail. A total of 542 km of national highways have been built," he said. The Union home minister said that there has been a 30 percent dip in heinous crimes in Tripura, and the conviction rate has increased to 53 percent from 5 percent.
Shah said that the ruling dispensation will fulfill all promises made in the previous manifesto, and he will return to Tripura to seek votes. The northeastern state will go to assembly polls early next year.
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