The BJP on Sunday nominated its women’s wing leader Papia Datta against Congress heavyweight Sudip Roy Barman for the prestigious 6-Agartala constituency in the upcoming Assembly polls in Tripura. AICC in-charge of Tripura Dr. Ajoy Kumar and senior State leaders held talks with the CPI on Sunday to end the stalemate over finalising a joint list of candidates. However, the …
Hours after being checkmated by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance on Saturday night announced its list of 20 candidates, eight beyond its “comfort zone” straddling areas under a tribal council. TIPRA Motha is headed by Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, the Tripura royal scion who said no member of the royal family, including him, would contest …
A crack has surfaced in the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, the junior partner of the ruling BJP in the northeastern State, with one faction announcing a decision to ally with the BJP for the upcoming Assembly election. However, IPFT president and State Minister Prem Kumar Reang and some senior leaders of the party who had earlier sought a grouping …
