THE Tripura United Indigenous People’s Council (TUIPC), a platform of surrendered militants of the North eastern State, has sought a special central package of Rs 500 crore for proper rehabilitation of the returnees,asurrendered rebel leader said on Monday. Addressing a press conference here, TUIPC chairman Ranjit Debbarma claimed that the State Government had failed to fulfil the promises of the1988 Tripura National Volunteers (TNV) peace accord.

 

“We met the Special Secretary of the MHA, A K Mishra, in Delhi on November 22 and submitted a memorandum highlighting the problems of surrendered militants of State,” Debbarma, the former supremo of the banned All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), said.