Ministers of Centre and state including chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, deputy chief minister Jishnu Debbarma, revenue minister Narendra Chandra Debbarma, tribal welfare minister Mebar Kumar Jamatya, education minister Ratan Lal Nath and sports minister Manoj Kanti Deb and chief secretary L.K.Gupta inaugurating the northeast youth festival

Ministers of Centre and state including chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, deputy chief minister Jishnu Debbarma, revenue minister Narendra Chandra Debbarma, tribal welfare minister Mebar Kumar Jamatya, education minister Ratan Lal Nath and sports minister Manoj Kanti Deb and chief secretary L.K.Gupta inaugurated the northeast youth festival.

Tripura Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs, Manoj Kanti Deb Tuesday said that 1,000 participants from Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura would join the Youth Festival. Along with sporting events, the youth festival will see cultural events including folk music, dance, martial arts, adventure sports, handicrafts shows.