By PTI
AGARTALA: The opposition Congress in Tripura on Monday mentioned it was open to the thought of forging an alliance with the Tipra Motha for the upcoming meeting elections.
The celebration, nonetheless, clarified that it could not assist the regional outfit’s demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’, below any circumstance.
“We don’t mind forging an electoral alliance with Tipra Motha, but we cannot concede to its demand for a separate state. We do agree that more autonomy should be accorded to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC),” the president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress, Birajit Sinha, advised PTI.
He identified that the tribal council was created below sixth schedule of the Constitution, when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister of the nation.
The Tipra Motha was floated by scion of erstwhile royal household Pradyot Deb Barma in February 2021, two years after he give up the publish of Congress president.
Deb Barma, on a number of events, acknowledged that Tipra Motha would sew alliance with any celebration that gave assurance in writing that it could concede to the celebration’s main demand.
Sinha, on his half, claimed, “I think no political party will agree to its demand for a separate state.”
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He famous that the BJP, which fashioned an alliance with the IPFT earlier than the final meeting elections, had additionally not agreed to its ally’s demand for a separate state.
Talking about ballot preparations, he mentioned, “The Congress wants all anti-BJP forces to join hands and defeat the saffron camp.”
Last month, in a letter to the Election Commission, undersigned by CPI(M)’s Tripura state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury, state Congress president Birajit Sinha and leaders of the CPI, the RSP, Forward Bloc and the CPI-ML, the events urged the ballot physique to take proactive measures to conduct elections in a free and honest method.
AGARTALA: The opposition Congress in Tripura on Monday mentioned it was open to the thought of forging an alliance with the Tipra Motha for the upcoming meeting elections.
The celebration, nonetheless, clarified that it could not assist the regional outfit’s demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’, below any circumstance.
“We don’t mind forging an electoral alliance with Tipra Motha, but we cannot concede to its demand for a separate state. We do agree that more autonomy should be accorded to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC),” the president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress, Birajit Sinha, advised PTI.
He identified that the tribal council was created below sixth schedule of the Constitution, when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister of the nation.
The Tipra Motha was floated by scion of erstwhile royal household Pradyot Deb Barma in February 2021, two years after he give up the publish of Congress president.
Deb Barma, on a number of events, acknowledged that Tipra Motha would sew alliance with any celebration that gave assurance in writing that it could concede to the celebration’s main demand.
Sinha, on his half, claimed, “I think no political party will agree to its demand for a separate state.”
ALSO READ | Congress has a mountain to climb forward of elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura
He famous that the BJP, which fashioned an alliance with the IPFT earlier than the final meeting elections, had additionally not agreed to its ally’s demand for a separate state.
Talking about ballot preparations, he mentioned, “The Congress wants all anti-BJP forces to join hands and defeat the saffron camp.”
Last month, in a letter to the Election Commission, undersigned by CPI(M)’s Tripura state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury, state Congress president Birajit Sinha and leaders of the CPI, the RSP, Forward Bloc and the CPI-ML, the events urged the ballot physique to take proactive measures to conduct elections in a free and honest method.
