We allied with BJP only after written assurance of constitutional solution in Tripura: TIPRA Motha

Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance Motha chief Pradyot Debbarma said on Wednesday that his party allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party only after it was given a written assurance for a constitutional solution in the northeastern state, reported The Indian Express.

One of the TIPRA Motha’s demands has been a separate state called Greater Tipraland for tribal communities in regions of Tripura where they are in the majority. The TIPRA Motha joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and also signed a tripartite agreement aimed at addressing the grievances of the state’s tribal community.

“I have been saying since the beginning that I would ally with anyone who would give us assurance in writing about our constitutional solution,” he told reporters on Wednesday. “I allied with those who gave me in writing for our community. Congress and CPI(M) [Communist Party of India (Marxist)] didn’t give us [assurance] in writing. I spoke when we got in writing [from BJP] and then we entered an alliance.”

The Centre, the Tripura government and the Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance signed the tripartite agreement on March 2. The three sides agreed to resolve the problems of Tripura’s tribal community relating to land and political rights, economic development, identity, history, culture and language.

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