{"id":14435,"date":"2025-12-09T09:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/?p=14435"},"modified":"2025-12-09T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:06:14","slug":"govt-committed-to-protecting-janajati-traditions-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/?p=14435","title":{"rendered":"Govt committed to protecting janajati traditions: CM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Agartala: Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today emphasized the diverse culture, tradition, and heritage of the Janajati community and said that the state government has taken initiatives to preserve and promote these cultural traditions.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Saha said this while addressing the inaugural session of the 20th State-Level Wangala Festival at Udaipur.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Saha mentioned that while nearly 700 Janajati groups reside across India, Tripura is home to 19 Janajati communities, each with its own rich legacy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The state government is taking targeted initiatives to preserve and promote these cultural traditions,&#8221; said Dr. Saha.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized jointly by the Department of Information &amp; Cultural Affairs, Udaipur Sub-Divisional Administration, and the Tripura Garo Union.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the government\u2019s developmental efforts, Dr. Saha said both the Central and State governments are working with a vision of transforming Tripura and contributing to a progressive India.<\/p>\n<p>He underscored the administration\u2019s ongoing efforts in improving education, roads, drinking water supply, healthcare, and other essential infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister also recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s initiative to declare the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagwan Bir Birsa Munda as Janajatiya Gaurav Diwas.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the Wangala Festival, Dr. Saha described it as one of the most significant celebrations of the Garo community\u2014an event that serves as a cultural bridge among different groups.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy, MLA Jitendra Majumdar, Gomati Zilla Parishad Sabhadhipati Debal Debroy, Udaipur Municipal Council Chairperson Sheetal Chandra Majumdar, Gomati SP Dr. Kiran Kumar K., Additional District Magistrate &amp; Collector Subhash Acharya, Matabari Panchayat Samiti Chairperson Shilpi Rani Das, and Deputy Director of ICA Ajay Dey, along with Pintu Chandra Ghagra, General Secretary of the Tripura Garo Union, were present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Agartala: Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today emphasized the diverse culture, tradition, and heritage of the Janajati community and said that the state government has taken initiatives to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14437,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14435\/revisions\/14437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripuravisions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}