Tribal hopes ride a king’s wish in Tripura
The HinduFor the “owners” of about 70% of Tripura’s land, the road to more than 30 seats in the 60-member State Assembly is less than 30 km. He asked his non-tribal supporters to dispel “conspiracy theories” that Tipra Motha would make life difficult for the Bengalis, specifically in the TTAADC because defunct tribe-based parties had threatened to eject all “outsiders” who came from Bangladesh. In the non-ST seats where our support base is 25-30%, we can get a swing of at least 10% votes and in a triangular contest, 35-36% votes can make you a winner in Tripura,” Animesh Debbarma, a senior Tipra Motha leader and the deputy chief of the TTAADC, told The Hindu. One of the factors why people trust the Tipra Motha is the “unprecedented” clean governance “with very few resources” it has provided in TTAADC after winning the council elections in 2021, he said. “The tribal people, who constitute 31.8% of the State’s 36.74 lakh people and 85% of the population in TTAADC that covers almost 70% of the State’s geographical area, are emotionally attached to Khumulwng,” Mr. Animesh Debbarma said.
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