TIPRA’s 12-hour strike over statehood demand peaceful
1 year, 2 months ago

TIPRA’s 12-hour strike over statehood demand peaceful

The Hindu  

The dawn-to-dusk general strike called by the TIPRA Motha on Saturday to demand a separate State – Greater Tipraland – evoked huge response in areas under the tribal autonomous district council in Tripura. The TIPRA Motha enforced the strike in regions under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council to demand Greater Tipraland or a separate State for Tripura’s indigenous population, which accounts for 33 per cent of the State’s total population. Seeks dialogue “The success of the strike shows that people overwhelmingly support statehood demand,” party leader and former MLA Rajeshwar Debbarma told The Hindu. Speaking at one of the protest sites, TIPRA MLA Swapna Debbarma warned that their agitation may not be peaceful for long if the Central government did not find a solution to the Greater Tipraland demand.

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TIPRA Motha founder opposes engagement of labour force from outside Tripura
5 months, 2 weeks ago

TIPRA Motha founder opposes engagement of labour force from outside Tripura

The Hindu  

The founder of TIPRA Motha Pradyot Kishore Manikya sparked another controversy on Sunday by opposing the engagement of the labour force from outside of Tripura and advocating for the involvement of indigenous workers. In a series of social media posts, the royal scion proposed a zero-fee policy for tribal entrepreneurs to encourage their participation in trade and commerce activities within …

TIPRA elated after signing tripartite agreement to address tribal issues in Tripura
9 months, 3 weeks ago

TIPRA elated after signing tripartite agreement to address tribal issues in Tripura

The Hindu  

The government of India, the government of Tripura, and the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance signed a tripartite agreement on March 2 to address the issues faced by the indigenous people of Tripura, who make up 33% of the population. The agreement was signed by TIPRA founder and royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, party President Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl and …

MHA, Tripura Govt, TIPRA Motha sign tripartite agreement to address tribal community grievances
9 months, 3 weeks ago

MHA, Tripura Govt, TIPRA Motha sign tripartite agreement to address tribal community grievances

The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Tripura Government and Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance have signed a tripartite agreement to address the grievances of the tribal community. Explained | The demand for a Greater Tipraland by the TIPRA Motha “TIPRA Motha and all tribal parties have played a constructive role and BJP government in Tripura also worked sincerely towards this agreement.” …

Tripura tribal party to block highway for Constitutional solution
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Tipra Motha leaders to begin fast-unto-death stir from February 28 to demand solution to Tiprasa problem
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Tipra Motha leaders to begin fast-unto-death stir from February 28 to demand solution to Tiprasa problem

The Hindu  

Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma accompanied by party leaders, legislators and ordinary members will begin a fast-unto-death stir in Tripura from February 28 demanding a permanent constitutional solution to the problem of indigenous people, a senior leader said on Sunday. The announcement comes a day after Mr. Debbarma, apparently upset over the delay in finding a solution to …

Tripura's Greater Tipraland demand: Deprivation or political mileage?
1 year ago

Tripura's Greater Tipraland demand: Deprivation or political mileage?

Hindustan Times  

The Left Front, which was in power from 1978 to 2018 blamed the erstwhile royals for depriving the indigenous people during their rule that only ended in 1949 after a merger agreement with India. Recently, Tripura’s opposition party TIPRA Motha held discussions on the development of the indigenous community with the ministry of home affairs’ advisor on Northeast, AK Mishra. …

Tripura’s royal scion raises ADC’s developmental issues with CM Saha
1 year, 2 months ago

Tripura’s royal scion raises ADC’s developmental issues with CM Saha

Hindustan Times  

TIPRA Motha leader Pradyot Kishore Debbarma on Wednesday met Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha at his official residence to discuss developmental activities in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. TIPRA Motha leader Pradyot Kishore Debbarma While the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is in power in the state, the TIPRA Motha has been ruling the TTAADC since 2021. In …

Tripura bandh Today Greater Tipraland Demand Tipra Motha Partry Pradyot Debbarman Northeast News
1 year, 2 months ago

Tripura bandh Today Greater Tipraland Demand Tipra Motha Partry Pradyot Debbarman Northeast News

ABP News  

The Tipra Motha party has called for a 12-hour bandh in tribal areas of Tripura today to press for an “early constitutional solution” to the demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’ statehood. Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Friday urged party leaders to observe the proposed September 30 bandh in the tribal district council area peacefully and make it a …

TIPRA calls for strike to press for ‘Greater Tipraland’ demand
1 year, 3 months ago

TIPRA calls for strike to press for ‘Greater Tipraland’ demand

The Hindu  

The Tipraha Indigenous Peoples Regional Alliance has called for a 12-hour general strike in areas of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council on September 30 to press for its set of demands importantly constitutional solution to its contentious Greater Tipraland demand. The founder of the TIPRA which is the ruling party in the TTAADC and the main Opposition party …

TIPRA Motha calls for Bandh on Sept 30 over demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’
1 year, 3 months ago

TIPRA Motha calls for Bandh on Sept 30 over demand for ‘Greater Tipraland’

Hindustan Times  

The TIPRA Motha party on September 30 will hold a 12-hour strike in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council areas across the state to press the Centre for their demand of ‘Greater Tipraland’ for the indigenous community. TIPRA Motha party founder and central working committee member Pradyot Kishore Debbarma “We are going to hold a one-day strike in the …

Day After Amit Shah-Debbarma Meet, Tripura CM Manik Saha Says Govt Will Never Support 'Greater Tipraland' Demand
1 year, 9 months ago

Day After Amit Shah-Debbarma Meet, Tripura CM Manik Saha Says Govt Will Never Support 'Greater Tipraland' Demand

ABP News  

New Delhi: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday made it clear that the BJP-led government will never support demand like 'Tipraland' or 'Greater Tipraland' as he said that the BJP-IPFT government will work on the vision document unveiled by the party's national president before the 2023 Assembly elections. No decision of appointing an interlocutor was taken in the meeting …

Amit Shah discusses Tripura tribal areas issues with Tipra Motha chief
1 year, 9 months ago

Amit Shah discusses Tripura tribal areas issues with Tipra Motha chief

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 8 held discussions with Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, in the presence of BJP president J.P. Nadda, over various issues faced by the indigenous people of Tripura, a senior leader of the saffron party said. Mr. Debbarma, in a Facebook post, said the Union Home Minister has started the process for a …

TIPRA Motha Party’s Pradyot has strong showing but can’t become kingmaker
1 year, 9 months ago

TIPRA Motha Party’s Pradyot has strong showing but can’t become kingmaker

Hindustan Times  

The TIPRA Motha Party which was touted to be the main challenger to Tripura’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party -Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura alliance in the 60-seat assembly turned in a creditable performance but fell short of expectations as the BJP swept the polls comfortably. The TIPRA Motha Party, headed by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, won 13 of the …

Explained | The demand for a Greater Tipraland by the TIPRA Motha
1 year, 10 months 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 …

From Tipraland to Greater Tipraland: Tripura’s tribal politics sees a churn
1 year, 10 months ago

From Tipraland to Greater Tipraland: Tripura’s tribal politics sees a churn

Hindustan Times  

Five years ago, Srikanta Kaloi was clear in his voting choices for the Tripura assembly elections. Tipraland and Greater Tipraland The demand for greater autonomy and powers to the tribal population in Tripura, who feel marginalized by the majority Bengali-speaking non-tribal population, began in Tripura soon after the state’s formation in 1972. But before BJP formed an alliance with the …

INTERVIEW | Pradyot Manikya Debbarman on Tripura Assembly election: ‘BJP did not give me anything in writing’
1 year, 10 months ago

INTERVIEW | Pradyot Manikya Debbarman on Tripura Assembly election: ‘BJP did not give me anything in writing’

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:35 IST In less than two years, Pradyot Manikya Debbarman’s Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance Motha party has emerged as the most dominant indigenous party in Tripura’s tribal belt. After forming the party in 2021, Debbarman, with his call for a separate State of Greater Tipraland, swept the elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous …

Tripura: Development, Tribal Welfare Will Be BJP's Poll Planks for Polls, Says CM Manik Saha
1 year, 10 months ago

Tripura: Development, Tribal Welfare Will Be BJP's Poll Planks for Polls, Says CM Manik Saha

News 18  

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Thursday said development with a special focus on the overall upliftment of indigenous people will the main poll plank of the BJP-IPFT combine in the ensuing election to the north-eastern state’s assembly. In an interview to PTI, he also decried the `Greater Tipraland’ demand espoused by rival Tipra Motha party floated by the scion of …

Tripura polls | Tipra Motha will not ally with anyone: Pradyot Manikya Debbarma
1 year, 10 months ago

Tripura polls | Tipra Motha will not ally with anyone: Pradyot Manikya Debbarma

The Hindu  

Ending days of speculation, Pradyot Manikya Debbarma -- chief of Tripura’s tribal party Tipra Motha -- announced on Friday that his party would not be allying with any formation ahead of next month’s Assembly elections, without a written assurance accepting their demand for Greater Tipraland. ‘Carve out separate State’ The demand for Greater Tipraland includes the region under the Tripura …

TIPRA Motha makes poll alliance conditional on Greater Tipraland
1 year, 11 months ago

TIPRA Motha makes poll alliance conditional on Greater Tipraland

The Hindu  

We will ally with any political party that gives us written assurance to support our demand for Greater Tipraland, Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma told The Hindu on Thursday. His comments come after CPI General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that the party is ready for an understanding with the Congress and the TIPRA Motha to …

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