Ruling BJP Ally Rooted Out in Tripura Tribal Council Polls
BJP on Saturday faced a humiliating defeat in the 2021 Tripura Tribal Council polls where they only secured 9 out of the 28 seats to Pradyot Deb Burman led TIPRA.
| 10 April 2021 1:48 PM GMT
Tripura: BJP and their ally IPFT (Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura) suffered a shocking defeat on Saturday in the 2021 Tribal Council Polls in Tripura.
Pradyot Deb Burman led TIPRA (The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance), a new political outfit swept the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls by securing 18 out of 28 seats. The BJP and its ally managed to win only nine seats and the remaining one seat was won by an independent candidate. The Left front which emerged victorious in the last election failed to win any seats and so did the Indian National Congress.
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Tripura: IPFT Ditches Alliance, To Contest District Council Poll With BJP
Though the two parties are coalition partners in the state government, they have had frequent disagreements over seat-sharing.
IPFT and BJP leaders announce their alliance for the Tripura district council polls. Photo: By arrangement
Politics11/Mar/2021
Agartala: Less than a month after inking a pact with the Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) has decided to ditch the alliance and team up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls.
The IPFT and the BJP are alliance partners in the state government but have had frequent disagreements in recent polls.