After Assam, BJP-IPFT alliance turns bitter in Tripura
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Sujit Chakraborty ( IANS) |
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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.
Now, alliance trouble for BJP in Tripura
In alliance with the tribal-based party IPFT, the BJP won the Assembly polls just three years ago (2018)
Wednesday March 3, 2021 8:36 PM, Sujit Chakraborty, IANS
Agartala: 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.
Tripura tribal council polls on April 4
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Tue, Mar 2 2021 20:12 IST |
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Khowai: An elderly woman shows her voter s ID card at a polling station during the third phase of Lok Sabha polls, in Tripura s Khowai, on April 23, 2019. . Image Source: IANS News
Agartala, March 2 : The much awaited elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on April 4, officials announced here on Tuesday.
Tripura State Election Commissioner M. L. Dey said that the polling to the 28-member TTAADC would be held on April 4 and counting of votes would be done on April 8.
According to Dey, in all 8,65,041 voters including 4,28,490 females are eligible to cast their votes in the TTAADC, which has a jurisdiction of over two-thirds of Tripura s 10,491 sq km area and home to over 12,16,000 people, which has 90 per cent population as tribals.
(IPFT) forged an alliance with Tripura royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman led The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance TIPRA on February 19.
BJP s ally IPFT in Tripura forges alliance with others
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Sat, Feb 20 2021 1:48 IST |
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Haryana s ruling BJP-JJP faces defeat in civic bodies poll. Image Source: IANS News
Agartala, Feb 20 : Antagonising the ruling BJP, its junior ally IPFT on Friday night forged an alliance with another smaller tribal based parties to fight the upcoming polls to the tribal autonomous body.
Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) President Narendra Chandra Debbarma and General Secretary Mevar Kumar Jamatia, both are ministers of the BJP led council of ministry headed by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, however, said that they are still in coalition with the saffron party.