Tipraland movement: IPFT's railway, national highway blockade affects life in Tripura
7 years, 8 months ago

Tipraland movement: IPFT's railway, national highway blockade affects life in Tripura

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Most political parties, including the ruling CPM, Congress and BJP have rejected IPFT’s demands saying it is not practical to divide the small state Agartala: Causing serious hardship to people and leading to a crisis in essentials and food grains, a Tripura tribal party continued its blockade of the state’s main national highway and the lone railway track for the fifth day on Friday to push for a separate state. The blockade continues as a delegation of the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, which has been blocking the National Highway-8, the life line of Tripura, and the state’s lone railway line, is in New Delhi to meet Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh and Home Ministry officials and the Union Home Minister. IPFT General Secretary Mevar Kumar Jamatia and the party’s youth wing President Dhananjoy Tripura are in New Delhi to meet with central government leaders. TTAADC’s Chief Executive Member and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist tribal leader Radha Charan Debbarma said on Friday: “We have been demanding that the Centre give more powers and financial aid to the constitutional body.

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Tripura tribal party to block highway for Constitutional solution
1 year ago

Tripura tribal party to block highway for Constitutional solution

The Hindu  

Members of the Tipra Motha Party, Tripura’s main Opposition party, are scheduled to block National Highway 8 — the State’s lifeline — on Wednesday to protest the Centre’s delay in providing constitutional solutions to the issues of the indigenous communities. Mr. Debbarma, who returned to the State’s capital Agartala on Monday night after a meeting with Home Ministry officials in …

BJP Govt Will Never Support Demand for 'Greater Tipraland': Manik Saha
2 years ago

BJP Govt Will Never Support Demand for 'Greater Tipraland': Manik Saha

News 18  

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday asserted that the BJP-led government will never support demand like ’Tipraland’ or ’Greater Tipraland’, a day after a high-level meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma here. The Tipra Motha, a regional party banking on the ’Greater Tipraland’ demand contested the 2023 Assembly elections and emerged …

Explained | The demand for a Greater Tipraland by the TIPRA Motha
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | The demand for a Greater Tipraland by the TIPRA Motha

The Hindu  

The story so far: The newest political party in Tripura, the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance Motha, floated in 2019 by Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, the son of Tripura’s last king, has created a flutter with its demand for a Greater Tipraland. Greater Tipraland is the core ideological demand of the TIPRA Motha. On the face of it, the demand …

Demand for NRC grows louder in Tripura; parties also want withdrawal of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
6 years, 6 months ago

Demand for NRC grows louder in Tripura; parties also want withdrawal of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Firstpost  

The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura organised a huge public gathering over its demands for NRC in Tripura. Agartala: After Assam, an agitation for the National Register of Citizens is gaining momentum in Tripura, with the state’s oldest tribal-based party, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, on Saturday holding a demonstration in Agartala asking for its introduction in the Bharatiya …

Indigenous People's Front Demands Separate State for Tribals in Tripura
7 years ago

Indigenous People's Front Demands Separate State for Tribals in Tripura

Deccan Chronicle  

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) has put the demand for a separate state for the tribals back on the table. The party's president, N C Debbarma, said that the elections were a separate issue and that they were hopeful that the Central Government would form a high-level monitoring committee to look into their …

Tripura BJP strategy: Party likely to use equitable development of tribals, Bengalis as poll plank
7 years, 1 month ago

Tripura BJP strategy: Party likely to use equitable development of tribals, Bengalis as poll plank

Firstpost  

Tribals and other indigenous communities have never been given any significant electoral weightage, even though they make up 30 percent of Tripura’s population The state of Tripura goes to the polls on Suday. It is probably the only state in India that still suffers from extremely basic issues like ‘availability of drinking water’ as an election concern even after 70 …

Tripura tribal body accuses NITI Aayog of not releasing funds regularly, blames central govt for delay
7 years, 8 months ago

Tripura tribal body accuses NITI Aayog of not releasing funds regularly, blames central govt for delay

Firstpost  

A top official of the TTAADC has claimed that the NITI Aayog has begun a “financial blockade” against the autonomous body by not releasing funds regularly. Agartala: A top official of the Left-ruled Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council has claimed that at the behest of the BJP-led central government the NITI Aayog has begun a “financial blockade” against the …

Twipraland demand: IPFT withdraws highway, railway blockage following Centre's ultimatum
7 years, 8 months ago

Twipraland demand: IPFT withdraws highway, railway blockage following Centre's ultimatum

Firstpost  

The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura withdrew its 11-day old blockade of railway lines and NH 8 to press for the creation of a separate tribal state following an ultimatum by the administration Agartala: The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura on Thursday withdrew its 11-day old blockade of railway lines and NH 8 to press for the creation of a …

Tripura Congress strike against govt failure to remove IPFT blockade evokes mix response
7 years, 8 months ago

Tripura Congress strike against govt failure to remove IPFT blockade evokes mix response

Firstpost  

A dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Opposition Congress to protest against the government’s ‘failure’ to remove the indefinite road and railway blockade by Indigenous People’s Front Tripura has evoked a mixed response. Agartala: A dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Opposition Congress to protest against the government’s ‘failure’ to remove the indefinite road and railway blockade by Indigenous People’s Front Tripura has evoked …

Kiren Rijiju to talk to Tripura tribal party on separate state demand
7 years, 8 months ago

Kiren Rijiju to talk to Tripura tribal party on separate state demand

Firstpost  

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday informed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that he will hold talks with a tribal party on Tuesday regarding the demand for a separate tribal state, an official said. Agartala: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday informed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that he will hold talks with a tribal party on Tuesday regarding the …

Twipraland demand: Legitimate agitation for separate tribal state in Tripura or BJP grab to topple CPM govt?
7 years, 8 months ago

Twipraland demand: Legitimate agitation for separate tribal state in Tripura or BJP grab to topple CPM govt?

Firstpost  

Buried in the drama of Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal is the ongoing political drama in faraway Tripura, a state firmly in the sights of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tripura, he maintained, became an “insignificant little pariah in India’s backyard.” Partition robbed Tripura of a direct link with what is sometimes known as mainland India, with residents of Tripura …

Tripura statehood protests: After talks with govt fail, IPFT declines to call off week-long blockade
7 years, 8 months ago

Tripura statehood protests: After talks with govt fail, IPFT declines to call off week-long blockade

Firstpost  

The IPFT has rejected a plea to call-off week-old blockade on Tripura’s key national highway and lone railway line over their demand for a separate state Agartala: The Tripura government on Sunday held an inconclusive meeting with the leaders of the IPFT, who rejected a plea to call-off the week-old blockade of the state’s key national highway and the lone …

Congress threatens to launch protests across Tripura if IPFT blockade continues
7 years, 8 months ago

Congress threatens to launch protests across Tripura if IPFT blockade continues

Firstpost  

The opposition Congress in Tripura threatened to launch a state-wide agitation if the Left Front government does not intervene to stop the road and rail blockade by IPFT. Agartala: The opposition Congress in Tripura on Saturday threatened to launch a state-wide agitation if the Left Front government does not intervene to stop the road and rail blockade by a tribal …

Tripura people’s front leaders head for Delhi
7 years, 8 months ago

Tripura people’s front leaders head for Delhi

The Hindu  

Even as leaders of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura left for New Delhi to meet Central government representatives, ordinary supporters of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura are readying for a longtime highway and railway blockade agitation to push for a separate state from within Tripura. “Tipraland is our legitimate demand within four walls of Indian constitution”, he asserted …

IPFT supporters block national highway and railway tracks in Assam, demand separate state for tribals
7 years, 8 months ago

IPFT supporters block national highway and railway tracks in Assam, demand separate state for tribals

Firstpost  

The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura leaders and supporters today blocked the Assam-Agartala national highway and railway tracks at Khamthingbari in West Tripura district Agartala: The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura leaders and supporters today blocked the Assam-Agartala national highway and railway tracks at Khamthingbari in West Tripura district, to demand for a separate state for the tribal people. The …

IPFT calls for indefinite agitation in Tripura for separate state, security beefed up
7 years, 8 months ago

IPFT calls for indefinite agitation in Tripura for separate state, security beefed up

Firstpost  

Security was beefed up in Tripura in view of the IPFT call for an indefinite blockade of the national highway number eight from Monday Agartala: Security was beefed up in Tripura in view of the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura call for an indefinite blockade of the national highway number eight from Monday, to demand for a separate state, police …

Darjeeling unrest: Tripura tribal party holds protests backing Gorkhaland agitation
7 years, 9 months ago

Darjeeling unrest: Tripura tribal party holds protests backing Gorkhaland agitation

Firstpost  

A Tripura tribal party organised rallies in 29 places across the state to support the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in West Bengal’s Darjeeling. Agartala: A Tripura tribal party organised rallies in 29 places across the state on Saturday to support the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in West Bengal’s Darjeeling. Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, a tribal …

Tripura tribals block roads, railway line over demands of separate state
8 years, 9 months ago

Tripura tribals block roads, railway line over demands of separate state

Firstpost  

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had also earlier on many occasions rejected the demand, saying that government would not allow any attempt to divide Tripura. Agartala: Demanding a separate state, a tribal outfit in Tripura on Wednesday blockaded the National Highway No.8 and the railway line — the northeastern state’s two vital links with the outside world. “Around 10,000 agitators blockaded …

Tribal bodies reject demand for a separate state
10 years, 6 months ago

Tribal bodies reject demand for a separate state

India TV News  

Agartala: Major tribal bodies in Tripura today rejected the demands for a separate state in the name of ‘Twipraland' by carving out the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. We want more development for the tribal community and we oppose any kind of demand in ethnic line which would divide the state,” President of TYF and CPI-M MLA Pranab Debbarma …

CPI(M) to counter separate state demand in Tripura
11 years, 6 months ago

CPI(M) to counter separate state demand in Tripura

The Hindu  

August 26, 2013 03:25 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 09:23 pm IST - Agartala Ruling CPI has launched a counter offensive against ‘separate state’ demand of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura. A recent IPFT rally in Agartala voiced the demand for a separate tribal state with areas under the tribal autonomous district council constituted under the sixth schedule …

Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura demands separate tribal state
11 years, 7 months ago

Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura demands separate tribal state

The Hindu  

The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, a tribal based party in Tripura, has staged a huge rally in Agartala on Friday pressing demand for a separate state. The party has threatened vigorous agitations to achieve ‘Twipra-land’ with areas under tribal autonomous district council to protect the rights and identity of Tripura’s 32 per cent tribal population. Ruling CPI and main …

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