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.
NPP, TIPRA Motha & UPPL have joined hands to seek greater financial & executive powers for the tribal councils in the region, it is learnt. Home ministry has invited them for talks.
Such collective repudiation is rare for BJP in the region, where it has grown considerably aided by support of local parties that generally tend to ally with the party at the Centre.
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'.
Tripura Congress didn't field candidate in Boxanagar & its 2-time MLA defected to BJP in run up to 5 September bypoll. TIPRA chief said CPI(M)'s campaign left much to be desired.
Tipraha Indigenous People’s Regional Alliance Motha chief Pradyot Kishore said Home Minister Amit Shah assured that the Centre will soon start discussions on the demands.
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’.
BJP-IPFT combine in Tripura won a clear majority with 33 seats, but deeper analysis shows its victory margin over Left-Congress in 18 seats was less than vote share of TIPRA Motha.
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.
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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.