Pushpavant Palace a state asset, govt can convert it into hotel: Tripura minister Sushanta Chowdhury

To the absorption from royal scion-turned-politician Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, the curate said that formerly royal structures and properties were doing concern successful the state, including mounting up matrimony halls. This is seen arsenic an oblique notation to immoderate of the assets of Pradyot Kishore and his sister Pragya Debbarman, which are utilized to big weddings.

Chowdhury reiterated that helium did not privation to wounded anyone’s sentiments but lone wished to authorities that discussions – nether Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha – are connected with the Tata radical regarding mounting up a edifice astatine the Pushpavant Palace but nary determination has been taken yet.

Earlier this month, Debbarma had opposed the proposal. “I privation improvement of tourism assemblage successful the state. If you (government) privation to marque a edifice successful immoderate different place, I shall springiness you land. This has happened earlier arsenic well. Our humanities places were renamed, presumption was changed. For however agelong volition you bash this? I impulse the radical of each communities, who person respect and cognition of past and culture, to reason specified a move,” helium said.

Chowdhury said the palace is presently being renovated to guarantee that it meets earthquake-resistant standards and reassured that the authorities does not person plans to demolish the structure.

History of Pushpavant Palace

Built successful 1917 by the past king Birendra Kishore Manikya Debbarman, Pushpavant Palace was the Governor’s House till 2018 erstwhile the Raj Bhavan was inaugurated successful the New Capital Complex. The archetypal program was to redevelop the palace arsenic a integer museum.

When the erstwhile princely authorities merged with the Indian Union successful 1949, the palace was handed implicit to the authorities by the past regent queen Rajmata Kanchan Prabha Devi to accommodate the Governor.

Pradyot Kishore said that contrary to the knowing betwixt the royal household and the authorities to accommodate the governor, helium came to cognize of plans for a five-star edifice without consulting the radical oregon considering their civilization oregon sentiments.

“Everything can’t beryllium done for money, for profit. I wholly reason it and I americium telling the authorities to rethink the determination oregon other we person to deed the streets,” Debbarma said successful a video connection connected societal media.

Before coming to powerfulness successful 2018, the BJP-IPFT confederation had promised to person the palace into Maharaj Birendra Kishore Manikya Museum and Cultural Centre. Later, discussions began to manus implicit a information of the spot to the Taj Group to person it into a luxury hotel.

Ujjayanta Palace, the erstwhile abode of Tripura’s Manikya monarchs till the merger with the Indian Union, served arsenic the authorities Legislative Assembly till 2011 and is present the authorities museum.

Malancha Niwas, adjacent the Pushpavant Palace, is inactive lasting and parts of it were precocious renovated by the descendants of the erstwhile royal household portion different royal structures similar the ‘Laal Mahal’ were demolished during the tenure of the Left Front government.