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 .
BJP s Tripura tribal wing hints at contesting TTAADC polls alone ANI | Updated: Mar 09, 2021 08:06 IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 9 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party s tribal wing Janajati Morcha in Tripura has hinted at contesting the April 4 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election on its own.
Speaking to the media, after a meeting at Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb residence late on Monday evening, Janajati Morcha president RebatiTripura expressed willingness t to contest the TTAADC election alone in all 28 seats.
Rebati added that the party is not in favour of any friendly fight in selective seats with the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) as the junior partner has already declared its candidate in 18 seats and had offered only 10 seats to BJP.
The Bharatiya Janata Party s tribal wing Janajati Morcha in Tripura has hinted at contesting the April 4 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election on its own. Speaking to the media, after a meeting at Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb residence late on Monday evening, Janajati Morcha president Rebati Tripura expressed willingness t to contest the TTAADC election alone in all 28 seats. Rebati added that the party is not in favour of any friendly fight in selective seats with the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) as the junior partner has already declared its candidate in 18 seats and had offered only 10 seats to BJP.
BJP-IPFT to jointly contest in Tripura tribal council polls
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Tue, Mar 9 2021 23:27 IST |
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Agartala, March 9 : After months of political tussle, the ruling allies in Tripura the BJP and the IPTF on Tuesday night announced to jointly contest the April 4 elections to the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).
The 28-member TTAADC, which is considered a mini-state Assembly in terms of political significance, has a jurisdiction of over two-thirds of Tripura s 10,491 sq km area and is home to over 12,16,000 people, 90 per cent of which are tribals.