Tripura: Major Blow for BJP-IPFT as Pradyot s TIPRA Sweeps District Council Polls
The Congress and Left Front have both failed to win a single seat.
TIPRA chairman Pradyot Kishore after winning the district council polls. Photo: Tanmoy Chakraborty
Politics11/Apr/2021
Agartala: A party newly floated by the Tripura royal scion has won a surprise, landslide victory in the crucial Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council poll, dealing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura a major blow.
Two years after resigning from the post of president of Tripura Pradesh Congress over differences with the high command, Pradyot Kishore Manikya Deb Barman founded the combine called The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA). On April 10, the party bagged 18 out of 28 seats of the TTAADC that went to polls on April 6.
Why ex-Congress leader âMaharajâ Pradyot Debbarma could now hold key to 2023 Tripura polls
Pradyot Manikyaâs TIPRA Motha & its ally INPT won 18 seats in tribal areasâ district council polls, while BJP won 9 and its partner IPFT drew a blank.
Karishma Hasnat 11 April, 2021 5:50 pm IST Text Size:
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Guwahati:Â Saturdayâs Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election results showed the indigenous people voted for the leadership of a single man â royal scion and former state Congress president Pradyot Kishore Debbarma (also known as Pradyot Manikya).
The TTAADC covers 68 per cent of the total geographical area of Tripura, and is home to over one-third of the total state population. The district council has a total of 30 seats, of which 28 are for elected members, while two are nominated by the governor of Tripura.
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura
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Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura. Image Source: IANS News
Agartala, April 10 : In a very significant political development in BJP ruled Tripura, a newly formed tribal based party TIPRA Motha is heading towards capturing power in the politically important Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) defeating the ruling party candidates.
The outcome of the elections to the TTAADC is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance, which wrested the power in Tripura in 2018 after defeating the CPI-M led Left parties after 25 years.
Tripura tribal council polls: Counting of votes underway amidst tight security
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Last Updated: Apr 10, 2021, 02:13 PM IST
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Elections to 28 of the 30 seats were held on April 6 and the remaining two seats will be nominated by the governor as per the state government s advice.
The tribal council election was scheduled to be held on May 17 last year, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Counting of votes polled in elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, which governs two-thirds of the state s territory, is underway amidst tight security, a senior official said on Saturday. Counting of votes began at 8 am and no untoward incident has been reported so far, State Election Commission secretary Prasenjit Bhattacharjee told reporters.