Guwahati: BJP’s ally in Tripura in ruling coalition Tipra Motha Party (TMP) threatened to withdraw support from the government, accusing it of failing to implement the tripartite accord and curb illegal infiltration from Bangladesh.
Withdrawing of support will not impact the stability of the government as BJP enjoys an absolute majority with its 33 MLAs in the house of 60 MLAs.
Senior TMP leader and party MLA Ranjit Debbarma told media persons the party leaders would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and would discuss their pending demands.
“If the meeting with the Union Home Minister failed to resolve our issues, then we would withdraw support from the BJP government in Tripura.”
BJP, another ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), has one MLA.
Following the signing a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the Tripura government on March 2 last year, the then opposition TMP with 13 MLAs joined the BJP-led coalition government in the state on March 7 last year.
TMP supported both the BJP candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats. BJP wrested both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura.
On March 7 in 2024, two TMP MLAs -- Animesh Debbarma and Brishaketu Debbarma -- were inducted into the ministry headed by Chief Minister Manik Saha.
TMP leader Debbarma said that the BJP government did not implement the provisions of the tripartite agreement even after more than 15 months of signing the accord in Delhi in the presence of the union Home minister.
Their demands include greater autonomy for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and development of the tribals’ socio-economic conditions.
The TMP, though, originally demanded a ‘Greater Tipraland’ or a separate state for the tribals under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. The ruling BJP, the opposition CPI-M and the Congress have been opposing the TMP’s ‘Greater Tipraland’ demand.
The CPI (M) currently has 10 MLAs in the state assembly while the Congress has three. The CPI (M)-led Left Front, and the Congress had a seat-sharing arrangement for the elections.
Withdrawing of support will not impact the stability of the government as BJP enjoys an absolute majority with its 33 MLAs in the house of 60 MLAs.
Senior TMP leader and party MLA Ranjit Debbarma told media persons the party leaders would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and would discuss their pending demands.
“If the meeting with the Union Home Minister failed to resolve our issues, then we would withdraw support from the BJP government in Tripura.”
BJP, another ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), has one MLA.
Following the signing a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the Tripura government on March 2 last year, the then opposition TMP with 13 MLAs joined the BJP-led coalition government in the state on March 7 last year.
TMP supported both the BJP candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats. BJP wrested both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura.
On March 7 in 2024, two TMP MLAs -- Animesh Debbarma and Brishaketu Debbarma -- were inducted into the ministry headed by Chief Minister Manik Saha.
TMP leader Debbarma said that the BJP government did not implement the provisions of the tripartite agreement even after more than 15 months of signing the accord in Delhi in the presence of the union Home minister.
Their demands include greater autonomy for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and development of the tribals’ socio-economic conditions.
The TMP, though, originally demanded a ‘Greater Tipraland’ or a separate state for the tribals under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. The ruling BJP, the opposition CPI-M and the Congress have been opposing the TMP’s ‘Greater Tipraland’ demand.
The CPI (M) currently has 10 MLAs in the state assembly while the Congress has three. The CPI (M)-led Left Front, and the Congress had a seat-sharing arrangement for the elections.
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