TIPRA Leaders Arrive In Guwahati For Crucial Meeting With NEDA Convenor & Assam CM

GUWAHATI: A TIPRA Motha delegation comprising six members and led by Tripura royal scion and party chairperson Pradyot Debbarma, arrived in Guwahati on Wednesday for talks.

A crucial meeting with Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is reportedly the reason why the TIPRA Motha party delegation has come to Guwahati from Agartala.

The Tipra Motha Party, also known as the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, is a regional political party and previously a social organization in Tripura. The TIPRA is led by Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma. It is currently the largest opposition party in Tripura Legislative Assembly

Appointment of an interlocutor for talks on the ‘Greater Tipraland’ issue is expected to be the core issue of the meeting between the leaders of Tripura’s TIPRA party and NEDA convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The TIPRA party delegation landed at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport in Guwahati, from Agartala, in the afternoon.

After their arrival at Guwahati in Assam, TIPRA chief Pradyot Debbarma said that an official invitation from the NEDA convenor for the meeting is being awaited by the party delegation.

“We are here for a meeting with NEDA convenor (Himanta Biswa Sarma). Now, we are awaiting an official invitation for the meeting,” TIPRA chief Pradyot Debbarma told media persons at the LGBI airport.

Chief of the TIPRA party Pradyot Debbarma stated that in case of a failure of the central government to appoint an interlocutor for the talks on their demands, the party will intensify its measures to pressurise the government.

“If the government does not appoint an interlocutor, we know the how to play the role of opposition in Tripura,” said Debbarma.

It should be mentioned here that TIPRA Motha had been in talks with the BJP leadership in New Delhi prior to the Assembly elections in Tripura. NEDA convenor and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma was present at the talks, mostly held at the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

It may be mentioned here that an interlocutor for talks on “Greater Tipraland” issue in Tripura was supposed to have been appointed by March 27.

The ostensible delay over appointment of an interlocutor by the central government seems to have created a row in the political scenario in Tripura, with TIPRA threatening to intensify its demonstrations over their demands.

Constitutional provisions for the tribal population of Tripura, constituting one-third of Tripura’s population, has been the prime demand of the TIPRA party.

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