By Tripura24.in Bureau
AGARTALA | June 29, 2026: Mobilizing a strong political demonstration in the heart of the capital, the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Scheduled Castes (SC) Department and the Pradesh Opposition Backward Classes (OBC) Department today organized a joint mass rally to protest systemic administrative backlogs. The massive procession wound through Agartala’s major commercial corridors before culminating at the joint SC and OBC Directorate located near Lake Chowmuhani, where a formal deputation was submitted.
The street rally saw heavy participation from block-level coordinators, social activists, and Congress workers who raised slogans demanding the immediate restoration of socio-economic developmental balances for marginalized communities.
”Backlogs in Scholarships and Jobs Must End Immediately”
Addressing the gathering outside the Directorate gates, senior frontal chiefs of the Pradesh Congress criticized the state administration for allegedly choking the fund pipelines meant for backward community welfare. The leadership asserted that key post-matric scholarships, skill-training stipends, and infrastructural grants for Scheduled Castes and OBC hamlets have faced persistent delays over the last two fiscal quarters, pushing rural students and youth into deep financial uncertainty.
The joint forum made it clear that they would scale up their democratic agitation to a state-wide road blockade if the directorate fails to issue a clear clearance map within the next fortnight.
”We have marched to the Lake Chowmuhani Directorate today to hand over a stern wake-up call to the administration. The socio-economic safety nets for our SC and OBC families are being actively dismantled through operational neglect. From massive backlogs in clearing student stipends to the complete stagnation of filling up reserved vacancies in government departments, the system is failing our youth. We are demanding immediate rectifications, transparent verification processes, and an immediate release of central development funds to block-level beneficiaries,” a frontline coordinator from the joint Congress department stated on the field.
Core Demands Outlined in the Formal Deputation
The joint leadership delegation met with the senior departmental directors at the Lake Chowmuhani headquarters to submit their multi-point charter, prioritizing the following immediate updates:
- Clearing Stipend Backlogs: Fast-tracking the disbursement of pending central and state-sponsored post-matric scholarships directly into the bank accounts of SC and OBC students.
- Filling Reserved Vacancies: Publishing an official white paper on existing backlog vacancies across all government corporations and launching a special recruitment drive to fill them.
- Securing Rural Credit Lines: Streamlining the loan sanctioning process under the State SC/OBC Development Corporation to help rural youth establish independent micro-enterprises.
- Infrastructure Allocation: Allotting specialized, time-bound municipal funds to upgrade drinking water facilities and brick-soling roads inside high-density backward community pockets.
The Directorate authorities reportedly accepted the formal memorandum and assured the delegation that the operational points regarding scholarship verifications would be reviewed immediately.
