Face of Nation : Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman, the president of the Congress’s Tripura unit, has threatened to resign over his petition in the Supreme Court in which he has requested implementation of an Assam-like citizens’ list in the state. Mr Deb Burman, 41, has alleged that senior Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro is pressuring him to withdraw the petition.
Over 19 lakh people were excluded from the final document. The centre has said that people excluded from the list will not be considered foreigners until they have exhausted their legal options. Congress sources have confirmed that Mr Faleiro has been “pressuring” him to withdraw the petition.
“I have remained the same Pradyot and I have tried to stop dishonest (people) and criminals from running the party, stopped collection in the name of donations. Sadly in this fight, many times I felt that except for the women and young members, most senior leaders felt otherwise,” he tweeted.
