BJP’s ally IPFT offers to work with TIPRA on separate state demand, NRC
The Hindu
Meeting held to chalk out programmes for joint movement over 2 key demands
Regional parties, including BJP’s ally IPFT, and some prominent intellectuals from the indigenous community on Saturday discussed a plan to streamline a movement to press the demand for a separate tribal state and implementation of the contentious NRC (National Register of Citizens) in Tripura.
They attended a meeting convened by IPFT general secretary Mevar Kumar Jamatia to chalk out programmes for a joint movement over the two key demands. Significantly, Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) chairman Pradyot Kishore Debbarman and president Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl attended the meet held at a government guest house.
After the meeting, Mr. Debbarman said the idea of his ‘Greater Tipraland’ (separate state for tribal people) and ‘Tipraland’ of the IPFT were almost the same. He asserted that both parties and others who believed in ‘Thansa’ (unity) could work together for the sake of ‘Tiprasa (indigenous people)’.