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.
The Gen Z movement was a serious wave that RSP and Balen together managed to capture—the first milestone reflecting the relevance of issues-based politics.
Amit Kumar, Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, said that IDFC First Bank returned Rs 116.84 crore, including interest, after the fraud came to light.
SMPP Limited gets order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for BSF, CISF & SSB. This is over & above the existing order for 40,000 jackets, taking the total to 50,000.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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