Why ex-Congress leader âMaharajâ Pradyot Debbarma could now hold key to 2023 Tripura polls
Pradyot Manikyaâs TIPRA Motha & its ally INPT won 18 seats in tribal areasâ district council polls, while BJP won 9 and its partner IPFT drew a blank.
Karishma Hasnat 11 April, 2021 5:50 pm IST Text Size:
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Guwahati:Â Saturdayâs Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election results showed the indigenous people voted for the leadership of a single man â royal scion and former state Congress president Pradyot Kishore Debbarma (also known as Pradyot Manikya).
The TTAADC covers 68 per cent of the total geographical area of Tripura, and is home to over one-third of the total state population. The district council has a total of 30 seats, of which 28 are for elected members, while two are nominated by the governor of Tripura.
Setback for BJP, new outfit captures key tribal body in Tripura
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Agartala, April 10 : In a very significant political development in BJP ruled Tripura, a newly formed tribal based party TIPRA Motha is heading towards capturing power in the politically important Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) defeating the ruling party candidates.
The outcome of the elections to the TTAADC is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance, which wrested the power in Tripura in 2018 after defeating the CPI-M led Left parties after 25 years.
The outcome of the elections to the TTAADC is being seen as a major blow for Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance.
AGARTALA: In a major setback for the ruling BJP, a newly-formed tribal-based party TIPRA Motha is heading towards capturing power in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).
Elections to 28 of the 30 seats were held on April 6 and the remaining two seats will be nominated by the governor as per the state government s advice.
The tribal council election was scheduled to be held on May 17 last year, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
TTAADC Election 2021 Results: BJP heading for a massive defeat
The outcome of the elections to the TTAADC is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance
Saturday April 10, 2021 6:22 PM, IANS
Agartala: TIPRA (The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance) - won 18 of 28 seats. The BJP and its ally won just 09, with the other seat going to an independent candidate. The Left Front, which won the earlier election, and the Congress failed to win any seats, according to the
Final Results declared by the poll body.
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03:30 pm: In a significant political development in BJP ruled Tripura, a newly formed tribal based party TIPRA Motha is heading towards capturing power in the politically important Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) defeating the ruling party candidates.
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GUWAHATI: The BJP on Saturday suffered a shock defeat at the hands of The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections.
The newly-floated TIPRA, an umbrella body of tribal parties, swept the polls, winning 18 of the 28 seats. The combine of BJP and Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), which rules the state, won nine seats while the other seat went to an independent candidate. Left Front and Congress drew a blank.
The polling, held on Tuesday, recorded a voters’ turnout of 85%.
The TIPRA, headed by Tripura’s royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman who had earlier served as the Pradesh Congress chief, was floated a few months ago. The state’s oldest tribal political party Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) is a TIPRA component. It was earlier a Congress ally.