Tripura was declared the third fully literate state in the country, after Mizoram and Goa, while the simmering tussle between ruling allies BJP and Tipra Motha Party (TMP) and security threats from Bangladesh were major issues in the state this year. The state's literacy rate reached 95.6 per cent. The Ministry of Education, as per UNESCO guidelines, has set the 95 per cent mark for declaring a state fully literate. The northeastern state witnessed an internal feud between TMP and BJP, with workers from both sides injured in attacks and counter-attacks in the run-up to the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). TMP supremo and former royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma reiterated his party's stand on the implementation of the Tiprasa Accord and adoption of Roman script for Kokborok language, spoken by the tribals in the state. He had also warned that the party would fight the TTAADC polls, due in April next year, alone if ...