The newly formed TIPRA, led by former state Congress president Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman, swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections on Saturday, successful 18 of the 28 seats that went to the polls, official sources mentioned. The Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) secured 18 seats, the BJP received 9 seats and one seat was bagged by an Independent candidate, they mentioned.
In the 30-member tribal council, elections have been held in 28 seats on Tuesday. Representatives within the remaining two seats will likely be nominated by the governor on the recommendation of the state authorities. The TTAADC space is two-third of the state territory, and is the house to the tribals, who represent one-third of Tripura’s inhabitants.
Deb Barman urged his supporters to keep up peace as celebrations broke out with the newly-formed get together getting an absolute majority within the elections. “We have to maintain unity. I appeal to the people to refrain from attacking the party office and houses of the supporters of IPFT, BJP, CPI(M) and Congress. They too are our people and we do not want to fight among ourselves. If we want unity then we have to maintain peace. They too will join our party after the elections,” he mentioned.
A victory rally will likely be organised on Monday on the tribal council headquarters in Khumulwung, about 25 km from Agartala, Deb Barman introduced. “Do not fight among yourself, this has continued for 70 years and let the whole India see how Tipraha maintains unity even after winning the election,” he instructed his supporters.
Deb Barman, who was the state unit president of Congress, give up the get together in September 2019, citing variations with the excessive command. A month later, he introduced the title of his new outfit — TIPRA, which was initially a social organisation however in 2020, was changed into a political get together.
CPI(M) chief Radhacharan Debbarma mentioned it was the victory of the individuals. “We accept that we lost this election. Why we have lost the election will be discussed and reviewed later by the party. But at present, we can say that it is the victory of the people,” he mentioned.
“People made a promise to each other that they want to defeat the present government, which is what we believe was responsible for the defeat of the BJP,” mentioned Debbarma, the previous chief government member (CEM) of the TTADC. The CPI(M)-led Left Front, which ruled the TTAADC for the final 20 years earlier than the April 6 elections, couldn’t win a single seat.
The elections have been largely being seen as a bipolar contest between Deb Barman’s new get together and the BJP-IPFT alliance, whereas the Left Front, which is but to recuperate from its defeat within the state elections in 2018, being thought of a fringe participant. BJP state spokesperson Subrata Chakraborty mentioned that the get together contested in 14 seats and received in 9.
The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), the ally of the ruling BJP within the state, which contested in 17 seats additionally couldn’t win in a single seat. The Congress fielded candidates in all of the seats but additionally drew a clean.
Former chief minister Samir Ranjan Barman congratulated Deb Barman and his get together for the landslide victory. “This is the beginning of the end of the BJP rule in Tripura,” the veteran Congressman mentioned.
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