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AGARTALA: Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday stood by his statement about the existence of internet and satellite communication in the age of the 'Mahabharata', accusing his critics of "lacking nationalism". Governor Tathagata Roy came to the CM's defence, saying that "prototypes" must have paved the way for present-day technologies. It means internet was there, the satellites and that technology was there in this country at that time." But I stand by my belief," Deb said on Wednesday.Indian philosophy and epics have elements of modern scientific thought, the chief minister said. I believe only narrow-minded people can do such things and trigger a controversy without trying to understand the depth of the statement..