Agartala, March 4 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday asserted that the overall development of the Janajati (tribal) community remains one of the primary goals of the government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Addressing an organisational programme at the headquarters of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) in Khumulwng, the Chief Minister expressed confidence that the BJP would register a huge victory in the upcoming elections to the triba…
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Agartala, Feb 23 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday claimed that a massive “reign of loot” is taking place in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) under the current administration. Since 2021, the BJP’s junior partner, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), has been governing the politically significant 30-member TTAADC, which covers nearly two-thirds of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km area and is home to over 12.16 lakh people, around 84 per cent of whom belong…
Agartala, Feb 16 (IANS) After the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), another ally of the ruling BJP, the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), on Monday announced that it would intensify its agitation demanding the introduction of the Roman script for the tribal ‘Kokborok’ language. The TMP and the IPFT are both tribal-based parties and junior partners of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura. Announcing the plan to step up the agitation, IPFT General Secretary Swapan Debbarma said tha…
Agartala, Feb 8 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday asserted that peace and inclusive development in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) are possible only under the governance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the state government continues to work for the socio-economic development of every citizen.Addressing a BJP organisational meeting at the TTAADC headquarters in Khumulwng, the Chief Minister said the state is witnessing growing competition amo…
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are keen to ensure the constitutional rights of Tripura’s tribal communities, Tipra Motha Party (TMP) founder and chairman Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma said on Monday. The tribal-based TMP, led by former royal scion Debbarma, has been a junior partner of the ruling BJP since March 2024.After prolonged negotiations, the TMP, then in the opposition, signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the Trip…
Agartala, Jan 7 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition and CPI (M) Tripura state Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Manik Saha, accusing him of repeatedly spreading “falsehoods and baseless propaganda” against the Left party to divert attention from growing infighting within the BJP-Tipra Motha Party (TMP) ruling alliance. Chaudhury, also a CPI (M) Politburo member, alleged that the Chief Minister Saha was misusing a constitutional office and behavin…
Agartala, Jan 4 (IANS) Amid political tussles between the ruling BJP and its junior ally, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday asserted that the BJP would emerge victorious in the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which are likely to be held soon.Addressing a joining programme organised by the BJP at Barmura in West Tripura district, the Chief Minister said that politics driven by deception or expediency canno…