People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 10
March 10, 2013
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Vol. XXXVII
No. 10 March 10, 2013 |
TRIPURA
Seventh Left Front Govt Sworn-in
THE Left
Front in Tripura wrote
a new chapter in its history on March 6 as the seventh Left
Front government
was sworn-in at a simple function at the Rajbhavan in
Agartala. Manik Sarkar
took the oath of office and secrecy as the chief minister
for a fourth
consecutive term. Eleven other cabinet ministers were also
administered oath by
the governor Dr DY Patil in the presence of an impressive
and enthusiastic
gathering. The swearing-in ceremony started at 3.30 pm sharp
and concluded at 4
pm. This was followed by a tea party. Later the new cabinet
made its entry at
the civil secretariat. Here they were given a formal
reception by the staff of
the secretariat.
In addition to
Manik Sarkar, the eleven
ministers who took oath on March 6 were Aghor Debbarma,
Badal Choudhury, Tapan
Chakraborty, Manik Dey, Jitendra Choudhury, Khagendra
Jamatia, Manindra Reang,
Bijita Nath, Shahid Choudhury, Bhanulal Saha and Ratan
Bhowmik. The last two
are the new faces in the cabinet. Manik Sarkar and Jitendra
Choudhury took oath
in English, Aghor Debbarma and Khagendra Jamatia took oath
in Kokborok and the
rest in Bengali.
The function was
attended by CPI(M)
Polit Bureau members Sitaram Yechury and Surjyakanta Misra,
CPI(M)
Later talking to
the reporters, Manik
Sarkar said, “ The huge success of the Left Front has come
with a greater
responsibility which we shall have to fulfill. We have miles
to go. Active co
operation from people is a pre-requisite for this. There
will be no barrier
between the people and the government.” On the impact of the
electoral outcome
on national political scenario, he said, “We have been
projecting an
alternative set of policies opposed to the neo-liberal
policies of centre. We
would appeal to the masses to follow the path of these
alternative policies.”
(Rahul Sinha)
