Source: Highlights The TIPRA and the INPT had contested the TTAADC polls as alliance partners on April 6 and won 18 out of the total 28 seats. TIPRA chairman Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman told reporters, the merger was a "post-poll unification to achieve the common goal of forming Greater Tipraland. "Greater Tipraland" is an extension of the IPFTs demand of Tipraland, a separate state for the tribals of Tripura. Agartala: A month after their alliance won the state tribal council polls, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), the oldest tribal party in the state, has merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) to achieve their "common goal of Greater Tipraland".