Delhi urges Tripura

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From Michael Hamlyn,

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The Government of India, in its anxiety to 'tackle all outstanding insurgencies now that Punjab appears slowly to be settlini down, has let it be known it is very unhappy at the way the Tripura Government is dealing with the troubles there.

Trip,ura, the second smallest state in the union, is ruled by a communist coalition, which came to power in last year's anti-Gandhi' electoral swing. But it has been constantly troubled by tribal insurgents since the former princely state acceded to the union in 1949.

*Earlier this week a bandh, or general strike, was called by the TNV rebels (TNV stands for Tribal National Volunteers, or Tripura National Volunteers, according to whim) to mark the anniversary,:of, the. accession. Seven hs weresattriu'tcd to the cxtrefitiit i.-'eforoing' <the stoppaj&t', ': ' ;ti, '

In. 'ne inc~ident the terrorists stornied ;irjto't the house of-.a non-trubal family about 5S miles from ;the capital, Agartala, and killed! four; people. F,our others were wounded. Altogether more thar,t 30 people~ Wave: been killed this year. -. - ' - -

The central Governrent was reported yesterday as criticizing

the Tripura Government's failure to control the Badh, and is said 10 feel the situation there strongly warrants an extension of the Disturbed Areas Act to the whole of the state. This would enable the Army to be Brought in and facilitate internal security operations, such as searches, cordons and arrests.

Mr $ripen Chakraborty, the state's Chief Minister, who is a member of the Communist Party (Marxist), is knowd to fear that the deployment of-the Army in the state would be the first step towards imposition of diret rule. He has instead asked for more paramilitary forces

The tribal inhabitants of the state, which is bordered on three sides by Bangladesh, feel they have had a raw deal from India: They claim they are not of Indian stock themselves.and feel they have been victimized by the floods of refugees from Bangladesh who now outnumber them in their own state.

* GANDHI WARNING: Mrs Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister, said yesterday there was evidence that foreign powers were trying to destabilize India and gave a warning about forces "bent upon creating chaos" (AP reports).