States »EasPosted at: Nov 8 2021 5:00PM

BJP’s partner in Tripura to demonstrate in Delhi with opposition TIPRA

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Agartala, Nov 8 (UNI) The BJP’s partner in Tripura -- Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) -- announced to demonstrate together with opposition Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Alliance (TIPRA) of royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman in Delhi to press for separate Tipraland for tribals.
Calling upon all tribal parties, fronts and organisations to join hands in the separate state movement, IPFT Spokesperson Mangal Debbarma said that over a thousand of supporters would stage demonstrations for separate Tipraland under the leadership of Pradyot Kishore at Jantar Mantar on November 17 and 18.
The delegation would leave for Delhi next week to participate in the agitation and were likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the demand. They urged Amit Shah to place the Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the upcoming session of Parliament to ensure the empowerment of ADC and development of indigenous population.
The IPFT leaders alleged that BJP was yet to comply with their commitment to solve socio-economic, cultural and linguistic problems of the tribals. Despite being in alliance with the BJP, IPFT supports the demand of NRC in Tripura and scrapping the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Debbarma said adding, “All the tribal based parties would join hands for unity and development of indigenous people of Tripura – not any specific community.”
He stated IPFT had struck alliance with BJP before 2018 assembly election with the assurance that BJP will give free hand to them for running ADC, status of district council would be elevated with greater autonomy and power and separate development initiative for indigenous people of Tripura.
On TIPRA’s demand of ‘Greater Tipraland’, Mangal has said that both the demands are almost the same, which is creation of a separate state and both the demands are following the Article 3 of the Indian Constitution.
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