Express News Service
AGARTALA: Fearing the division of anti-BJP votes, the Congress-Left mix in Tripura is in search of to strike a seat-sharing cope with the tribe-based TIPRA Motha.
The Left and the Congress, which solid a pre-poll alliance together with a seat-sharing association, anticipated the TIPRA Motha to contest the 20 ST seats the place the celebration holds sway however it fielded candidates in 42 of the state’s 60 seats. Twenty-two of the entire seats the celebration is contesting are in non-tribal areas.
The Left fielded candidates in 47 of them and allotted the remaining 13 to Congress. However, the grand previous celebration arrange candidates in 17 seats. One opted out later.
In the 42 seats which the TIPRA Motha is contesting, it should face both a Left or a Congress candidate amongst others. These two events are frightened that the TIPRA Motha’s presence within the ballot fray, significantly within the 22 non-ST seats, will break up the anti-BJP votes and profit solely the saffron celebration.
To thwart it, the Left-Congress mix desires the TIPRA Motha to enter right into a seat-sharing settlement for the good thing about all.
CPI-M state secretary Jitendra Choudhury confirmed the talks are being held between each side. He mentioned nothing has been finalised but.
“Our discussions are on. We spoke even today (Tuesday). They are examining it and so are we. We will see if we can do something before February 2 (last day for withdrawal of nominations),” Choudhury informed this newspaper.
State Congress president Birajit Sinha mentioned, “We always had the discussions with TIPRA Motha. If there is an understanding, there will be withdrawal of nominations by some candidates.”
TIPRA Motha chief Pradyot Manikya Debbarma dismissed the reported transfer for a seat-sharing deal as “incorrect”. He informed this newspaper that the celebration would go it alone.
“We are not making any alliance, formal or informal,” he mentioned.
“However, I have not put up a candidate against Jitendra Choudhury because he is a Tiprasa (belonging to Tripura’s ethnic communities). That’s a personal gesture. I feel he has a certain amount of commitment as an individual,” he mentioned.
“It was the same when Pranab Mukherjee had contested the Presidential election. He was supported by Mamata Banerjee although she was not a part of the UPA. Balasaheb Thakre had supported Pratibha Patil but he was a part of the NDA,” Debbarma added.
The TIPRA Motha goes it alone within the polls after its talks with the BJP failed. It had insisted on a written assurance on the creation of a separate “Greater Tipraland” state however the BJP-led central authorities refused to present something in writing.
AGARTALA: Fearing the division of anti-BJP votes, the Congress-Left mix in Tripura is in search of to strike a seat-sharing cope with the tribe-based TIPRA Motha.
The Left and the Congress, which solid a pre-poll alliance together with a seat-sharing association, anticipated the TIPRA Motha to contest the 20 ST seats the place the celebration holds sway however it fielded candidates in 42 of the state’s 60 seats. Twenty-two of the entire seats the celebration is contesting are in non-tribal areas.
The Left fielded candidates in 47 of them and allotted the remaining 13 to Congress. However, the grand previous celebration arrange candidates in 17 seats. One opted out later.
In the 42 seats which the TIPRA Motha is contesting, it should face both a Left or a Congress candidate amongst others. These two events are frightened that the TIPRA Motha’s presence within the ballot fray, significantly within the 22 non-ST seats, will break up the anti-BJP votes and profit solely the saffron celebration.
To thwart it, the Left-Congress mix desires the TIPRA Motha to enter right into a seat-sharing settlement for the good thing about all.
CPI-M state secretary Jitendra Choudhury confirmed the talks are being held between each side. He mentioned nothing has been finalised but.
“Our discussions are on. We spoke even today (Tuesday). They are examining it and so are we. We will see if we can do something before February 2 (last day for withdrawal of nominations),” Choudhury informed this newspaper.
State Congress president Birajit Sinha mentioned, “We always had the discussions with TIPRA Motha. If there is an understanding, there will be withdrawal of nominations by some candidates.”
TIPRA Motha chief Pradyot Manikya Debbarma dismissed the reported transfer for a seat-sharing deal as “incorrect”. He informed this newspaper that the celebration would go it alone.
“We are not making any alliance, formal or informal,” he mentioned.
“However, I have not put up a candidate against Jitendra Choudhury because he is a Tiprasa (belonging to Tripura’s ethnic communities). That’s a personal gesture. I feel he has a certain amount of commitment as an individual,” he mentioned.
“It was the same when Pranab Mukherjee had contested the Presidential election. He was supported by Mamata Banerjee although she was not a part of the UPA. Balasaheb Thakre had supported Pratibha Patil but he was a part of the NDA,” Debbarma added.
The TIPRA Motha goes it alone within the polls after its talks with the BJP failed. It had insisted on a written assurance on the creation of a separate “Greater Tipraland” state however the BJP-led central authorities refused to present something in writing.