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Topic: Pradyot Debbarma

Last political rally? Pradyot Debbarma says ‘don’t need electoral politics to serve my people’

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.

‘I am biggest Hindu in Tripura, namaz happens at palace’: Debbarma pitches Muslim-tribal unity

Campaigning for TIPRA Motha candidate in areas bordering Bangladesh, Pradyot Debbarma says BJP did fraud for 5 years in Tripura & adds only Motha can save local, indigenous people.

Would rather sit in opposition than dilute our core demands, says TIPRA chief Pradyot Debbarma

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.

Ex-royal, ‘impulsive, passionate’ — all about Pradyot Debbarma, who wants to be Tripura’s kingmaker

Scion of erstwhile Manikya dynasty of Tripura, Debbarma refers to himself as bubagra (king). Wooed by Congress-Left and BJP, he is believed to hold key to 10 lakh-odd tribal voters.

Poll alliance: BJP in a fix as TIPRA Motha insists on written assurance of Greater Tipraland

Senior BJP leaders, including Himanta Biswa Sarma, held talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss Motha’s demand. Motha has already started talks of merger with IPFT.

Why Modi wants BJP focus on tribals in poll-bound Tripura — ally’s troubles, Tipra Motha’s clout

In Agartala visit this week, PM addressed tribals in a rally and also asked party workers how they were reaching out to the community. Party leaders point to Pradyot Debbarma factor.

‘Not interested in Congress’: Tripura royal family head on being made executive party member

In letter to son and TIPRA chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, 'Rajmata' Bibhu Kumari Devi says Congress is broken mentally & physically, shouldn't use her name and misguide people.

CPM target of Tripura violence but BJP only following Communist strategy: Pradyot Debbarma

In interview with ThePrint, TIPRA chairman Pradyot Debbarma said his outfit now has a settled vote-bank and will ally with whoever backs his demand for a state for Tripura tribals. 

Mamata may ally with Pradyot Debbarma for Tripura 2023 as she looks to take TMC beyond Bengal

Trinamool Congress and Pradyot Debbarma's TIPRA are looking to fill the vacuum created by a shrinking Left-Congress and growing anti-incumbency in the BJP-ruled state.

Why ex-Congress leader ‘Maharaj’ Pradyot Debbarma could now hold key to 2023 Tripura polls

Pradyot Manikya’s TIPRA Motha & its ally INPT won 18 seats in tribal areas’ district council polls, while BJP won 9 and its partner IPFT drew a blank.

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UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.