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.
TTAADC Poll: BJP-IPFT ties turn sour in Tripura
The strained ties between the ruling BJP and its ally IPFT further deteriorated on Sunday after the junior partner unilaterally announced its candidates for the April 4 elections to the TTAADC
| 9 March 2021 2:33 AM GMT
AGARTALA: The strained ties between the ruling BJP and its ally IPFT further deteriorated on Sunday after the junior partner unilaterally announced its candidates for the April 4 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which is considered as a mini-state Assembly in terms of political significance.
The BJP, soon after the Indigenous People s Front of Tripura s (IPFT) announcement of the candidates list, accused the tribal party of violating the Joot Dharma (coalition principles). However, both BJP and IPFT leaders said that their alliance is still active and alive .
Tripura: Ruling allies BJP-IPFT ties sour
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Biplab Kumar Deb. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Agartala, March 7 : The strained ties between the ruling BJP and its ally IPFT further deteriorated on Sunday after the junior partner unilaterally announced its candidates for the April 4 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which is considered as a mini-state Assembly in terms of political significance.
The BJP, soon after the Indigenous People s Front of Tripura s (IPFT) announcement of the candidates list, accused the tribal party of violating the Joot Dharma (coalition principles). However, both BJP and IPFT leaders said that their alliance is still active and alive .
Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman broke down in tears during public address
Tripura royal scion breaks down in tears during public address over non-participation of IPFT in Greater Tipraland ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 15:42 IST
Sepahijala (Tripura) [India], March 6 (ANI): Tripura royal scion and former Congress president Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman on Friday broke down in tears as he addressed a gathering and said that he felt like being stabbed from behind following non-participation of the Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) in the rally.
He said that he feared that if the Tiprasa communities are not united and remain fragmented as it has been since Tripura merged with India more than 70 years back, then the very existence of the community would be threatened.
After Assam, BJP-IPFT alliance turns bitter in Tripura
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Agartala, March 3 : After neighbouring Assam, the relation between the ruling BJP and its junior ally Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) turned bitter ahead of the April 4 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which is considered as the mini-state Assembly in terms of political significance.
Both the BJP and the IPFT are yet to finalise their seat-sharing in the 28-member TTAADC and even the leaders of the two parties are acusing each other on the issue.
The much-awaited elections to the TTAADC will be held on April 4 and the statutory notifications would be issued on Thursday.