Patal Kanya Jamatia claims Tripura BJP 'playing into hands' of ally Tipra Motha led by Pradyot Debbarma; asks how party can expel vice president without as much as an explanation.
More than 328 armed cadres of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) & All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) will surrender, join mainstream under peace deal with Centre, state govt.
Motha won 13 seats in 2023 assembly polls. It's entry into cabinet assures BJP of the party’s support in LS polls, while also weaning it away from path of agitation for 'Greater Tipraland'.
Founder of TIPRA Motha, Pradyot Debbarma says he'll be forced to take agitation route ahead of LS polls if talks with Centre see no progress, since 'BJP won’t listen to us after polls'.
While discussions are at early stage, TIPRA Motha chief may contest from Tripura East Lok Sabha seat as part of seat-sharing arrangement. Debbarma is close to Gandhi siblings.
In a video clip on his official Facebook page, Debbarma said TIPRA Motha won’t entertain 'offer of some post’ since his party was made for a ‘constitutional solution’.
With BJP in for comfortable majority, immediate challenge for TIPRA chief Debbarma is to keep his flock together given many of his candidates would want to be in the party in power.
On final day of campaigning ahead of voting in Tripura, TIPRA Motha chief Pradyot Debbarma said he will 'be around for his people' but won't address any more political rallies.
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Seen as kingmaker ahead of Tripura polls, TIPRA Motha said it will contest alone after talks with Congress-Left & BJP fell through. For Debbarma, neither Left nor Congress adversary.
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Pradyot Debbarma was once a close aide of Rahul Gandhi. What made the two fallout with each other is not known till date. However, Pradyot is clearly much more intelligent and shrewd than Rahul Gandhi.
Unfortunately though, he has misused his status as the “Bubagra” to stoke ethnic tensions in Tripura. Tripura has witnessed rampant terrorism over the last four decades resulting in thousands of deaths. The post-Partition refugees from Bangladesh, mostly Hindu Bengalis, were the main targets of the tribal militants. There has been a series of massacres – the most infamous one being the Mandai massacre (1300 Bengalis murdered).
Instead of using his royal status as the Bubagra to bring peace and harmony and heal old wounds, he has openly stoked ethnic tensions. He has been virulently anti-refugee all through the campaign and has made all out efforts to stoke anti-Bengali feelings of the various tribal communities. While this may have helped him electorally, it has been disastrous for the state.
Pradyot Debbarma was once a close aide of Rahul Gandhi. What made the two fallout with each other is not known till date. However, Pradyot is clearly much more intelligent and shrewd than Rahul Gandhi.
Unfortunately though, he has misused his status as the “Bubagra” to stoke ethnic tensions in Tripura. Tripura has witnessed rampant terrorism over the last four decades resulting in thousands of deaths. The post-Partition refugees from Bangladesh, mostly Hindu Bengalis, were the main targets of the tribal militants. There has been a series of massacres – the most infamous one being the Mandai massacre (1300 Bengalis murdered).
Instead of using his royal status as the Bubagra to bring peace and harmony and heal old wounds, he has openly stoked ethnic tensions. He has been virulently anti-refugee all through the campaign and has made all out efforts to stoke anti-Bengali feelings of the various tribal communities. While this may have helped him electorally, it has been disastrous for the state.