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.
The ruling BJP faces off with the Left-Cong alliance on the one hand and the Tipra Motha on the other, will culminate today when the electorate casts its vote.
Congress & Left Front have maintained that a common enemy has brought the 2 traditional political rivals together, but bonhomie between leaders does not always spill over to party workers.
An estimated over 450 Bengalis were hacked to death, allegedly by tribals, in the massacre that had been described by then Tripura Chief Minister Nripen Chakroborty as a “genocide”.
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.
BJP manifesto for upcoming Tripura assembly polls has slew of promises for tribals, including monthly financial support programme & restructuring of district councils for greater autonomy.
In poll-bound Tripura, BJP chief J. P. Nadda also announced annual assistance of Rs 5,000 for every tribal family & enhancement of honourarium for community leaders.
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.
UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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