Reacting to Bangladesh chief adviser Yunus's remarks on Northeast, BJP ally Pradyot says Chittagong hill tracts were always inhabited by indigenous tribes which wanted to be part of India.
The Union home minister will visit Tripura later this month and showed 'keen interest in resolving the outstanding issues' concerning indigenous people, said the royal scion.
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.
While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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