India, Feb. 13 -- Members of Tripura's indigenous students' bodies - Twipra Students' Federation (TSF) and Tipra Indigenous Students' Federation (TISF) - will form a human chain on Saturday in Agartala, pressing their longstanding demand to adopt the Roman script for Kokborok, the native language of Tripura's indigenous communities.

The human chain formation will begin at 11 am and continue till 3 pm. "We shall do a human chain demonstration from Circuit House to Astabal for our demand. Our demand is not fulfilled yet," a TSF leader in Agartala said, appealing to all political parties including the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TIPRA Motha, Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Congress to participate.

The row over the Kokborok...