Over 600 Tripura tribals went to Bangladesh for livelihood: CPI-M

[Species]

In search of livelihood, around 600 tribals of northern Tripura went to Bangladesh as they were unable to survive in the northeastern state in view of the huge crisis on the foods and rural jobs fronts, CPI-M Chief Whip in Lok Sabha Jitendra Chowdhury has said.

“Around 600 tribals of three villages of mountainous Gobinda Bari areas of northern Tripura went to Bangladesh as they were unable to survive in the state in view of the huge crisis of food and rural jobs,” Chowdhury said.

He said the tribals went to Mayani reserve forest in Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeast Bangladesh to collect seeds, fruits of wild plants, various herbs and wild potatoes.


“After collecting the produce, they dried them there and returned to their villages in Tripura to sell them in the markets at a very low price,” the Communist Party of India-Marxist central committee member said after visiting the interior areas of northern Tripura.

Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Akhil Kumar Shukla however said police had no such information.

“Around 75 km India-Bangladesh border along eastern Tripura is yet to be fenced due to various reasons. Sometimes people from both sides of the border try to cross over. The Border Security Force has maintained a strict vigil on the border,” the police chief said.

The CPI-M leader said that after the two-month-old BJP government assumed office, rural jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have been reduced to a large extent. The supply of subsidised rice under the Public Distribution System has also become irregular, causing a serious crisis in the rural and interior areas.

Tripura, which until fiscal 2015-16 had occupied the top spot in the country for seven consecutive years in providing jobs under MGNREGA, has provided 33.68 average days of employment per household so far during the 2018-19 fiscal, Union Rural Development Ministry record show.

MGNREGA mandates 100 days of work in a financial year to at least one member of each rural household — but this has never been achieved in any state. The scheme aims to generate rural assets and create rural infrastructure like roads, ponds and water reservoirs.

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[Bilal9]

The BSF is all too careful about 'protecting' the border from supposedly Bangladeshis. But I don't think our BGB is doing their job at the border at all from Indian intruders.

In fact you can't really do this for poor people on humanitarian grounds. There are tons of Indian tribals working in the export processing zones, remitting money to India and no one cares. Only small-minded Sanghis are braying about supposed rickshaw-pullers from Bangladesh, when there are no shortage of Indian rickshaw pullers and maids in their Indian cities.

 

[Species]

The BSF is all too careful about 'protecting' the border from supposedly Bangladeshis. But I don't think our BGB is doing their job at the border at all from Indian intruders.

In fact you can't really do this for poor people on humanitarian grounds. There are tons of Indian tribals working in the export processing zones, remitting money to India and no one cares. Only small-minded Sanghis are braying about supposed rickshaw-pullers from Bangladesh, when there are no shortage of Indian rickshaw pullers and maids in their Indian cities.

That's what happens when an artificial country like India tries to remain stitched together despite having no solid base of nation-building. People become too insecure, vulnerable and paranoid like these Sanghis are, crying for demographic threat, loss of habitat and other weird conspiracy theories.

 

[Doctor Strange]

This is how Chakma Marma Rakhine Tripura migrated to our lands. We wholeheartedly welcome them. But later they claim their indigenous rights on those lands excluding us.

 

[UKBengali]

This is how Chakma Marma Rakhine Tripura migrated to our lands. We wholeheartedly welcome them. But later they claim their indigenous rights on those lands excluding us.

Exactly. These people are not natives to Chittagong Hill Tracts.

 

[Bilal9]

That's what happens when an artificial country like India tries to remain stitched together despite having no solid base of nation-building. People become too insecure, vulnerable and paranoid like these Sanghis are, crying for demographic threat, loss of habitat and other weird conspiracy theories.

You hit it right on the nail there @Species Bhai.

 

[bluesky]

Exactly. These people are not natives to Chittagong Hill Tracts.

If they are not, then who exactly are the natives of Chittagong Hill Tracts?

 

[Bilal9]

If they are not, then who exactly are the natives of Chittagong Hill Tracts?

There is no permanent settler or 'native' in the Hill tracts.

These pahari tribals are opportunist economic migrants from Myanmar across the border and they move around. They have for centuries. If you've heard of the term 'joom' cultivation (or 'joom chash' in Bangla) that is how all Pahari tribals earn a livelihood. Slash and clear away wild growth and then burn the same to create a clearing and fertilize, then till the land to plant vegetables and various other crops to eat. Once the land is used up in a few years, they move on to some other location to start subsistence agricultural livelihood somewhere else in the hills. They have not 'purchased' any land so they cannot claim sovereign right to it.

They are economic migrants who are simply tolerated for now. If it were not for the difficulty in accessing the area (and India harboring these separatists as this is their policy - when they run away and seek refuge there) - we could have wiped out the troublemakers among them a long time ago.

If you as a tribal want to integrate into Bangladeshi society (even keeping parts of your culture intact), we welcome you and we will nurture you. But terrorism will not be tolerated. For that we have RAB, BGB and then the Army.

To say that they are 'indigenous' inhabitants to any place in Bangladesh is inaccurate. The British imported a whole bunch of Tamil menial workers to Bangladesh to work in the heat of the tea gardens and they have lived there for a few generations as workers. Suppose these Tamils started calling the tea gardens some odd name and all-of-a-sudden claimed it for themselves.How outlandish would that be?

So বাংলাদেশে দাদার বাড়ী কোথায়?

 

[bluesky]

These pahari tribals are opportunist economic migrants from Myanmar across the border and they move around. They have for centuries. If you've heard of the term 'joom' cultivation (or 'joom chash' in Bangla) that is how all Pahari tribals earn a livelihood. Slash and clear away wild growth and then burn the same to create a clearing and fertilize, then till the land to plant vegetables and various other crops to eat. Once the land is used up in a few years, they move on to some other location to start subsistence agricultural livelihood somewhere else in the hills. They have not 'purchased' any land so they cannot claim sovereign right to it.

Yes, I can remember what you have correctly stated.

They are economic migrants who are simply tolerated for now. If it were not for the difficulty in accessing the area (and India harboring these separatists as this is their policy - when they run away and seek refuge there) - we could have wiped out the troublemakers among them a long time ago.

Before the modern times, all people were migratory. People started from Africa and spread throughout the world gradually taking a half million years.

They are economic migrants who are simply tolerated for now. If it were not for the difficulty in accessing the area (and India harboring these separatists as this is their policy - when they run away and seek refuge there) - we could have wiped out the troublemakers among them a long time ago.

If you as a tribal want to integrate into Bangladeshi society (even keeping parts of your culture intact), we welcome you and we will nurture you. But terrorism will not be tolerated. For that we have RAB, BGB and then the Army.

Please do not talk like Hasina, Begum Zia and other politicians. The Rizique is given by the Almighty. People have to work to earn the Rizique. So, please nurture all people in our land who came during the historical times like many others and let them work to earn their meager Rizique.

To say that they are 'indigenous' inhabitants to any place in Bangladesh is inaccurate. The British imported a whole bunch of Tamil menial workers to Bangladesh to work in the heat of the tea gardens and they have lived there for a few generations as workers. Suppose these Tamils started calling the tea gardens some odd name and all-of-a-sudden claimed it for themselves.How outlandish would that be?

So বাংলাদেশে দাদার বাড়ী কোথায়?

@Bilal9, I am worried about you. You are transforming yourself to a new Hitler. Please understand, Tamils, Biharis or what, whoever lives in BD is its rightful citizen.

 

[Nilgiri]

There is no permanent settler or 'native' in the Hill tracts.

These pahari tribals are opportunist economic migrants from Myanmar across the border and they move around. They have for centuries. If you've heard of the term 'joom' cultivation (or 'joom chash' in Bangla) that is how all Pahari tribals earn a livelihood. Slash and clear away wild growth and then burn the same to create a clearing and fertilize, then till the land to plant vegetables and various other crops to eat. Once the land is used up in a few years, they move on to some other location to start subsistence agricultural livelihood somewhere else in the hills. They have not 'purchased' any land so they cannot claim sovereign right to it.

They are economic migrants who are simply tolerated for now. If it were not for the difficulty in accessing the area (and India harboring these separatists as this is their policy - when they run away and seek refuge there) - we could have wiped out the troublemakers among them a long time ago.

If you as a tribal want to integrate into Bangladeshi society (even keeping parts of your culture intact), we welcome you and we will nurture you. But terrorism will not be tolerated. For that we have RAB, BGB and then the Army.

To say that they are 'indigenous' inhabitants to any place in Bangladesh is inaccurate. The British imported a whole bunch of Tamil menial workers to Bangladesh to work in the heat of the tea gardens and they have lived there for a few generations as workers. Suppose these Tamils started calling the tea gardens some odd name and all-of-a-sudden claimed it for themselves.How outlandish would that be?

So বাংলাদেশে দাদার বাড়ী কোথায়?

Understand that you were correct all along (in what you did to these BD illegals in Arakan) @Aung Zaya and enjoy what we are going to do to this chotolok's ego (given the same illegals on our side) after NRC (nice and slow though, we like to take our time)....and so he is making some final butthurt cries still while he can.

It is always hillarious to see cowards like this one before their agenda gets totally destroyed....they literally cling to the cherrypicked commie (out of power and for this very reason among others) blah blah....even though those commies want a full open border in theory....and will screech anything to dream it.

 

[Doctor Strange]

There is no permanent settler or 'native' in the Hill tracts.

These pahari tribals are opportunist economic migrants from Myanmar across the border and they move around. They have for centuries. If you've heard of the term 'joom' cultivation (or 'joom chash' in Bangla) that is how all Pahari tribals earn a livelihood. Slash and clear away wild growth and then burn the same to create a clearing and fertilize, then till the land to plant vegetables and various other crops to eat. Once the land is used up in a few years, they move on to some other location to start subsistence agricultural livelihood somewhere else in the hills. They have not 'purchased' any land so they cannot claim sovereign right to it.

That means they arent native. Natives dont destroy their surroundings. Whoever associates themselves with Jumm should be declared non native.

 

[24 Hours]

That means they arent native. Natives dont destroy their surroundings. Whoever associates themselves with Jumm should be declared non native.

Then we aren't natives either.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Then we aren't natives either.

Majority of BD people are natives. They cut the forests and settle villages. And produce from same lands. And jumm cultivation is like raiding new lands and leave them after exacting the treasures. Then start for searching new treasures. There is no analogy.

 

[24 Hours]

Majority of BD people are natives. They cut the forests and settle villages. And produce from same lands. And jumm cultivation is like raiding new lands and leave them after exacting the treasures. Then start for searching new treasures. There is no analogy.

Environmental degradation is still environmental degradation. BD is still ranked at the bottom in curbing pollution. That coal plant in Sunderbans isn't good news for the land there.

And even so jumm cultivation aka slash and burn isn't limited to CHT. It was highly present in Central and South America long before the Europeans arrived. It's practice dates all the way to the Neolithic period. By your logic were none of these people ever natives at all?

 

[Doctor Strange]

Environmental degradation is still environmental degradation. BD is still ranked at the bottom in curbing pollution. That coal plant in Sunderbans isn't good news for the land there.

That kinds of environmental degradation we can actually draw analogy with Gangalanders. Clearly said majority of BD people are natives. There are least amount of pollution in villages. But in British and Muslim period migration happened from many places, many with connection from Ganga belt. They show their traits and others follow suit.

And even so jumm cultivation aka slash and burn isn't limited to CHT. It was highly present in Central and South America long before the Europeans arrived. It's practice dates all the way to the Neolithic period. By your logic were none of these people ever natives at all?

Target is to reduce these kinds of native non native feelings though (like weird jumland claim) and loosen up anyone's exclusive right from something. Anyone is welcome without less trouble. This jumm thing just stuck me suddenly as I heard from a pseudo secular way back, the jumm landers protect the forests, so they are needed there but not the Bengalis.