Agartala/IBNS/UNI: With the victory of Congress in Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura has intensified its effort to strengthen the party base in tribal-dominated areas to win both Lok Sabha seats of the state in the coming general elections.
Tripura: CPI-M-Cong alleges TIPRA Motha spoils their prospect, Pradyot feels reverse
Agartala/UNI: When CPI-M and Congress said the victory of BJP in the Tripura assembly election because of TIPRA Motha candidates, the latter party chairman and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman claimed the reverse saying BJP could have won around 50 seats in the 60 -members assembly if Motha was not in the fray.
Tripura royal scion launches non-tribal front of TIPRA Motha
Agartala/UNI: A week after ruling out the possibility of a coalition with any Congress, CPM, or BJP, TIPRA Motha supremo and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman has announced to fight alone in the upcoming assembly elections and formally launched a non-tribal front headed by a former Congress MLA Tapas De.
Northeast alliance led by Tripura's royal family head wants to ally with TMC
Guwahati/IBNS: In a bid to challenge the ruling BJP in Tripura, an alliance was formed on Tuesday between The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) and the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) , reported media.
BJP bites dust in Tripura ADC polls, loses to Pradyot Kishore Debbarman's newly formed TIPRA
Agartala/UNI: The influence of national parties in Tripura politics apparently came to an end as the ruling BJP-IPFT alliance lost miserably to Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), floated by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman four months ago, in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections today.
Tripura BJP unhappy with IPFT, alliance at stake
Agartala/UNI : The ruling BJP has reacted sharply to the realignment of Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) with the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman-led Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), and termed the development "unfortunate".
CAB: INPT blocks road and railways in Tripura
Agartala/UNI: Road and railway traffic between Agartala and Dharmanagar have been disrupted today following a dawn to dusk blockade by Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) in protest against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).