Agartala Mar 21PTI Hours after newly joined BJP leader Patal Kanya Jamatia said that Tipra Motha was a small regional party that wont survive in the long run the outfits supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said his camp would never forge an alliance with the saffron brigade given its official standDebbarma also said that his outfit which had been demanding a separate state for the indigenous people of the state would field candidates in at least 30-35 seats in the upcoming assembly pollsElections to the 60-member House in Tripura are scheduled to be held in the first half of 2023Jamatia shortly after the merger of his party Tripura Peoples Front with the BJP had said on Sunday that Tipra Motha was a small regional outfit that wont survive for longIn a video statement that went viral on social media on Sunday evening Debbarma retorted We may be a small regional party but we are honest and not here to compromise The BJP is a big and rich party with a strong organizational base If this is the official position of the BJP there is no possibility of alliance in future Let us see who wins in the end We will answer them on the ground Arrogance leads to the downfall of the high and mighty he addedThe Tipra Motha had recently scripted a stunning performance in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council TTADC elections bagging 18 out of 28 seats The BJP managed to secure just nine seats PTI PS RMS RMS

Agartala Feb 24 PTI Chairman of Advisory Reforms Committee of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council TTAADC Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma has requested the tribal council authority to set up a language development committee for the non-Kokborok speaking tribes Ten indigenous tribes out of 19 tribes of the state are considered as non-Kokborok speaking people One third indigenous tribes are non-Kokborok speaking people Out of states total population 37 lakh as per 2011 census 31 per cent belongs to indigenous people The Tipra Motha supremo in a letter addressed to Chief Executive Member CEM Purna Chandra Jamatia on February 22 said there might be some miscommunication in regards to various issues regarding smaller non-Kokborok speaking indigenous tribes As the chairman of the Advisory Reforms Committee I am requesting you to kindly look into this matter with utmost seriousness Debbarma said While the promotion of Kokborok as a language is very important we must be very sensitive and conscious of the other tribes living in Tripura who are non-Kokborok speakers and there should be no bias against them especially when it comes to employment he wrote in the letter Debbarma who is also Member of District Council MDC further said the Tiprasa community has suffered as a minority in the state Member of Parliament MP East Tripura Parliamentary Constituency Rebati Tripura on Thursday said There is absolutely no need to write a letter for forming such committee for non-Kokborok speaking people This could be declared first before sharing his letter to the social media On the row over script for Kokborok Tripura who is the president of Janajati Morcha tribal wing of state BJP said Let the matter be decided by poets writers and intellectuals to enrich tribal language PTI PS RG RG