“We will not negotiate with our movement for any post or for any alliance and unless we get assurance in writing for our constitutional solution under Article 2 & 3 for Greater Tipraland, we will not forge alliance with any party,” Pradyot told reporters soon after the end of the meeting.
Hours after the Election Commission announced the date for the Tripura Assembly polls, a 44-year-old worker of the tribal Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) party was killed in Dhalai district, police said on Thursday.
On Facebook, MP Biplab Kumar Deb said, “Thanks and gratitude to the Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia and Prime Minister for taking necessary steps on priority basis in view of the proposal to start Agartala - Deoghar Air Service”.
This is for the time in Tripura legislative assembly election slated to be held on February 16, the office of the Chief Electoral Office has decided to provide braille voter slips to the visually impair and online filing of nomination papers for politicians.
CPI (M) state committee secretary Jitendra Choudhury on Wednesday has demanded to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to remove all campaign materials from public properties.
“I welcomed the opportunity to meet with you personally to discuss a broad range of issues of common interest of both the party. Please, fix date, time and venue as per your convenient and availability,” the letter reads.
The incident took place on Wednesday while a large number of congress workers and supporters led by the national congress leader and state in-charge Dr. Ajay Kumar and party leader Ashish Saha were walking on a rally to pass by the Ranirbazar area.
The general elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Tripura are scheduled to be held on February 16 next while the poll results will be declared on March 2, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday.
As many as 2000 voters from 145 different families including a large section of non-tribals on Tuesday joined the TIPRA Motha party. Son of former education minister Anil Sarkar, Abhijit Sarkar joined, BJP Kisan Morcha state committee secretary Tapan Sinha joined Motha.
Chowdhury emphasized on the proper use of the accreditation card besides protecting the proper dignity of the journalists who have received this accreditation card. Journalists have an important role to play in strengthening democracy.
CPIM state committee secretary Jitendra Choudhury on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kiran Gitte demanding to arrange voting of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawans now under deputation in other states.
In a move, to provide better health care to people living in far-flung areas of Tripura, Royal scion and Chairman of TIPRA Motha on Tuesday flagged off five mobile medical unit vans.
An ambulance equipped with a life support system was also handed over to the Chief Justice by the Advocate General & Law Secretary. It would be positioned at the medical dispensary of the High Court round the clock.
The schedule for the assembly election in three northeastern states -- Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya -- is likely to be announced by January 19 by the Election Commission in Delhi, officials said on Monday.
After launching e-Rupee payment system, the Tribal Welfare Minister said, the e-Rupee payment system has been launched in our state for the first time today in the country to provide boarding house stipends.
Aiming to develop large-sized renewable energy projects in Tripura and help the state in meeting its clean energy commitments, the Tripura government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL).
“We shall not compromise with the Greater Tipraland demand,” he said, adding that the one last fight of the TIPRA Motha seeking constitutional rights for the indigenous tribes needs to be strengthened further.
Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav laid the foundation stone of states first 100 bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Tripura in a virtual event held today.
India during its one-year tenure of G20 presidency will showcase the North-East part of the country. North-East India has remained unexplored by many despite its breathtaking beauty and rich cultural heritage.
The assembly polls in four northeastern states -- Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram -- in 2023 are expected to predict the electoral fortunes of the BJP, Congress and other parties in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in the mountainous region.
This election in two of the three northeastern states - Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland will prove to be a litmus test for Trinamool Congress (TMC), headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
At one time the Congress governed almost all the northeastern states, but the grand old party will now battle for survival in the three election bound states -- Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland. In Mizoram assembly polls will be held at the end of this year.
Going by the West Bengal line, arch rivals Congress and the CPI(M)-led Left parties for the first time in the over seven decades old political history of Tripura, have decided to make seat adjustments and contest the forthcoming Tripura assembly elections together.
The Rangoli Festival organized on the premises of Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan, Agartala today, was attended by the Chief Secretary J.K. Sinha, Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte, DM, West Tripura Debapriya Bardhan and other officials.
Meanwhile, claiming that the BJP party is least bothered to the activities of the oppositions, Dr. Saha said, “While the opposition are confined to their party office and cadres, the BJP is working on the fields to maximize the people’s support and blessings.”
