Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, an ally of the BJP in the North-eastern state, will merge with a regional political party Tipra Motha on July 2 ahead of the State Assembly elections due next year, a senior IPFT leader said on Saturday.

Agartala Apr 25 PTI Union minister Pratima Bhoumik on Monday claimed that TIPRA Motha has been trying to divide Tripura in the name of attaining Greater Tipraland The Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA Motha a regional political party led by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma seeks a separate state for the indigenous people of Tripura Union minister of State for Social Empowerment and Justice Bhoumik said the so-called Bubagra ruler has been misleading the indigenous people by injecting the Greater Tipraland concept when the Biplab Kumar Deb government has been making all efforts to develop tribal areas Addressing a party programme at Mandwai in West Tripura district the Union minister claimed that there have been persistent efforts to stall development works in tribal areas to defame the BJP- led government You are acting as the leader of the people who believe in terror tactics Nobody gives you the license to unleash terror and the people are ready to give a befitting reply she said without naming whom she meant by you Alleging that TIPRA Motha has been working to help the CPIM Bhoumik said Why didnt you raise Greater Tipraland demand before the BJP came to power Your father Kirit Bikram Mankiya Bahadur and mother Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi were MPs from the state when Congress ruled the country You were a big leader in the Congress before floating TIPRA Motha Why are you raising the Greater Tipraland demand now It is because you want to help the CPIM that had ruled the state for long but did nothing for the tribals of the state The BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in the north-eastern state in 2018 by ending 25 years of CPIM-led Left Front rule Highlighting the BJPs initiatives for giving due respect to the erstwhile royal family of Tripura and the indigenous people the Union minister said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had renamed Agartala Airport as Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport after the saffron party came to power The Biplab Kumar Deb government has decided to celebrate Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadurs birth anniversary in a befitting manner all over the state Now you want to divide the state by raising the slogan of thansa unity among the tribal people she said The princely state which was ruled by tribal kings for about 500 years joined the Indian union in 1949 Asserting that the people will give a strong message to the Greater Tipraland demand in the 2023 Assembly elections the Union minister claimed no political force would be able to oust the BJP government in Tripura for the next 50 years The TIPRA Motha swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council TTAADC elections held in April last year winning 18 of the 28 seats over the Greater Tipraland demand in a direct contest with the ruling BJP-IPFT alliance Greater Tipraland is essentially an extension of ruling partner Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripuras demand for Tipraland a separate state for tribals by carving out of the TTAADC area However the new demand seeks to include every tribal living inside and outside the TTAADC area The Greater Tipraland idea does not restrict only to Tripura and seeks to also include Tripuris living in Assam Mizoram and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh However the royal scion has never clarified if his demand for Greater Tipraland seeks to redraw the territorial boundaries of Tripura or whether the proposed states map also includes parts of Assam Mizoram and Bangladesh PTI PS JRC JRC

Agartala Apr 25 PTI Union minister Pratima Bhoumik on Monday claimed that TIPRA Motha has been trying to divide Tripura in the name of attaining Greater TipralandThe Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA Motha a regional political party led by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma seeks a separate state for the indigenous people of TripuraThe Union minister of State for Social Empowerment and Justice said the so-called Bubagra king has been misleading the indigenous people by injecting the Greater Tipraland concept when the Biplab Kumar Deb government has been making all efforts to develop tribal areas Addressing a party programme at Mandwai in West Tripura district the Union minister claimed that there have been persistent efforts to stall development works in tribal areas to defame the BJP- led governmentYou are acting as the leader of the people who believe in terror tactics Nobody gives you the license to unleash terror and the people are ready to give a befitting reply she said without naming youAlleging that TIPRA Motha has been working to help the CPIM Bhoumik said Why didnt you raise Greater Tipraland demand before the BJP came to power Your father Kirit Bikram Mankiya Bahadur and mother Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi were MPs from the state when Congress ruled the country You were a big leader in the Congress before floating TIPRA Motha Why are you raising the Greater Tipraland demand now It is because you want to help the CPIM that had ruled the state for long but did nothing for the tribals of the stateThe BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in the north-eastern state in 2018 by ending 25 years of CPIM-led Left Front ruleHighlighting the BJPs initiatives for giving due respect to the erstwhile royal family of Tripura and the indigenous people the Union minister said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had renamed Agartala Airport as Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport after the saffron party came to powe The Biplab Kumar Deb government has decided to celebrate Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadurs birth anniversary in a befitting manner all over the state Now you want to divide the state by raising the slogan of thansa unity among the tribal people she saidThe princely state which was ruled by tribal kings for about 500 years joined the Indian union in 1949Asserting that the people will give a strong message to the Greater Tipraland demand in the 2023 Assembly elections the Union minister claimed no political force would be able to oust the BJP government in Tripura for the next 50 yearsThe TIPRA Motha swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council TTAADC elections held in April last year winning 18 of the 28 seats over the Greater Tipraland demand in a direct contest with the ruling BJP-IPFT allianceGreater Tipraland is essentially an extension of ruling partner Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripuras demand for Tipraland a separate state for tribals by carving out the TTAADC areaHowever the new demand seeks to include every tribal living inside and outside the TTAADC areaThe Greater Tipraland idea does not restrict only to Tripura and seeks to also include Tripuris living in Assam Mizoram and Chittagong Hill Tracts of BangladeshHowever the royal scion has never clarified if his demand for Greater Tipraland seeks to redraw the territorial boundaries of Tripura or whether the proposed states map also includes parts of Assam Mizoram and Bangladesh PTI PS MM MM

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 (Tripura) [India], February 12 (ANI): Former Tripura BJP MLAs Sudip Roy Barman and Asish Saha who recently joined Congress on Saturday hinted towards a possible pre-poll alliance of the grand-old party with the Left and other political parties in order to dislodge the ruling BJP government in the state.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a thumping victory in Tripura civic polls by bagging 329 of 334 seats on November 25. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) – (CPM), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Tipra Motha won one seat each. In the urban local bodies, polls were conducted for 334 seats, which includes Agartala Municipal Corporation (51 wards), 13 municipal councils, and six Nagar panchayats in Tripura. The election was majorly contested between three parties – the BJP, the TMC and CPI(M).

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a thumping victory in Tripura civic polls by bagging 329 of 334 seats on November 25. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) – (CPM), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Tipra Motha won one seat each. In the urban local bodies, polls were conducted for 334 seats, which includes Agartala Municipal Corporation (51 wards), 13 municipal councils, and six Nagar panchayats in Tripura. The election was majorly contested between three parties – the BJP, the TMC and CPI(M).

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a thumping victory in Tripura civic polls by bagging 329 of 334 seats on November 25. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) – (CPM), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Tipra Motha won one seat each. In the urban local bodies, polls were conducted for 334 seats, which includes Agartala Municipal Corporation (51 wards), 13 municipal councils, and six Nagar panchayats in Tripura. The election was majorly contested between three parties – the BJP, the TMC and CPI(M).

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem on Monday moved suspension of business notice in the Upper House and demanded a discussion on the alleged rigging of civic polls in Tripura by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 29 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday lauded his party's performance in the Tripura civic body elections, adding that it was exceptional for TMC to emerge as a principal opposition in the state in spite of having negligible presence in the state at the beginning.