Reported by, Aug. 24 -- Mrinal Banik

Agartala: Two Left-affiliated organisations, GMP (Ganamukti Parishad) and TSU (Tribal Students' Union), staged a sit-in protest near Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala on Monday, demanding the cancellation of what they alleged were illegal appointments in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC), transparent recruitment to vacant posts and the early passage of the 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill.

Members and supporters of the two organisations participated in the protest and raised their demands.

The protesters alleged that proper rules and transparency were not being maintained in appointments to the ADC. They demanded that appointments they considered illegal be cancelled a...