The Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (BJP-IPFT) ruling alliance in Tripura faced severe criticism on Saturday, 5 May, after the government put forth a proposal to replace Kokborok with Hindi as the second language for news channels, in a bid to promote nationalism.
The proposal reportedly said that apart from promoting nationalism, it would also enable people from other states to understand news that was local to Tripura. Kokborok is the second official language of the state.