the decision was taken in the evening at around 530pm after mamata held a meeting with the leaders of adivasi bikash parishad abp as she is staying in totopara she said that already totos are being provided with free ration we did a survey and found that at chopra about 700 acres were taken away for tea garden and the land has been returned biswas is now recuperating at home after a brief illness she now plans to place some of the tribal leaders like birsa tirkey of abp on the board of tdc officials at the writers wondered if this was an attempt to clip the wings of biswas and send a message that the chief minister was unhappy with the functioning of the backward class department in a surprise move on tuesday mamata banerjee said that she would form a tribal development department keeping upen biswas who heads the backward class welfare department in dark moreover rules of business need to be framed i am on medical leave with the permission of the chief minister and will join office on may 27 even the state government will set up two hindi medium schools in jaigaon area when contacted biswas who is recuperating at home after a brief illness said that he heard about the cms decision on tv she also said the state would set up a food park at banaghat on a 40acre plot she may even be placed on the tdc board or provided a job of a teacher an official said the state has a tribal population which is only about 55 of the total population but the move has surprised several officers as the entire decision was taken in a hurry as setting up of a new department needs funds and another film city and ecopark will be set up on a 140 acre plot mamata sources said is unhappy with the delay in starting operations of the terai dooars welfare board similar process will be followed in other tribal areas when mamata wanted to know about the file it could not be traced at the secretariat the leaders had submitted a memorandum to the cm citing the delay in setting up the tribal development council tdc mamata banerjee also said that the state has decided to return land to the tribals as there were complaints that their plots were grabbed forcefully when the file could not be traced sources said the chief minister immediately decided to set up the tribal development department bifurcating thus she decided to bifurcate the backward class welfare department kolkata later she decided to head the department herself however sources said that biswas had sent the file to the cms office along with the governors approval and a nominee of the governor mamata declared that she would be heading the new department as it would help tribals in getting the benefits fast and solve their grievances fast she hoped that as the tribal development department will be