33 per cent government jobs in Tripura to be reserved for women: Amit Shah

Addressing a rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the BJP-IPFT government in the northeastern state, Shah said that Biplab Deb's administration has put a full stop to political violence.

Agartala: Marking the occasion of International Women’s Day, the union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced 33 per cent government jobs in Tripura will be reserved for women.

Shah, who is on a day visit to Tripura on Tuesday, arrived in Agartala and directly flew to Mata Tripura Sundari Temple at Udaipur sub-division of Tripura’s Gomati district, where he inaugurated a silver door of the temple and then addressed a mass gathering at Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala.

While addressing the gathering, union home minister Shah said, “Four years after the formation of BJP government, I can see that Tripura, which was earlier plagued by drug business, is today moving towards becoming self-reliant. The BJP government has done the work of providing electricity to every poor in the state”, he said announcing 33 percent government jobs in Tripura will be reserved for women. Shah claimed that the BJP government in Tripura has completed construction work for dozens of road and railways across the state.

“Communists ruled Tripura in the name of poor for around 25 years but did nothing for the welfare of the poor. Tripura, which was earlier plagued by violence, drugs trade, is today moving ahead at a rapid pace towards becoming self-reliant under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb," he said.

“Wherever there was a government of communists, killings of political opponents were common. Today I am proud to say that Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has worked to put a complete stop to political killings in Tripura”, the union minister said.

He claimed that the BJP government under the leadership of PM Modi and Chief Minister Deb has worked to bring unprecedented change in the lives of the people of Tripura in the last four years by establishing peace and stability.