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GUWAHATI: The BJP on Saturday suffered a shock defeat at the hands of The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections.
The newly-floated TIPRA, an umbrella body of tribal parties, swept the polls, winning 18 of the 28 seats. The combine of BJP and Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), which rules the state, won nine seats while the other seat went to an independent candidate. Left Front and Congress drew a blank.
The polling, held on Tuesday, recorded a voters’ turnout of 85%.
The TIPRA, headed by Tripura’s royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman who had earlier served as the Pradesh Congress chief, was floated a few months ago. The state’s oldest tribal political party Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) is a TIPRA component. It was earlier a Congress ally.
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura (Ld)
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Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura. Image Source: IANS News
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura. Image Source: IANS News
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura. Image Source: IANS News
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura. Image Source: IANS News
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura. Image Source: IANS News
Agartala, April 10 : In a major and far-reaching political development in BJP ruled Tripura, a newly-formed tribal based party, TIPRA Motha, registered a landslide victory on Saturday to capture power in the politically important Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), defeating the saffron party candidates.
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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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Sun, Mar 7 2021 23:06 IST |
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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 .