Tipra Motha to submit memorandum in govt offices across Tripura on Nov 14, press for pending demands

Speaking to reporters in Agartala, TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarma said the decision to submit the memorandum to the Governor, block development officers, sub-divisional magistrates, and district magistrates was taken following an organisational meeting of the party.

Pradyot Kishore also informed he would visit New Delhi towards the end of November to attend a tripartite meeting on the Tiprasa accord.

“We shall go for a meeting in Delhi at the end of the month… Our demand is not against anyone but to uplift our community. If anyone feels that with the upliftment of the tribal population, someone will face loss in the state, then he is spreading poison here. This is going to be the second round of the meeting. I expect the Centre to respond positively to our demands,” he said.

Talking about the 125th amendment bill, he said, “The BJP, Congress, and all other parties are saying that the 125th amendment bill should be passed. So, if all are ready, why have we been told to wait? For how long we shall wait?”

Speaking about his recent meeting with Chief Minister Manik Saha, he said the latter has assured him that village council polls in TTAADC would be conducted soon in accordance with the directives of the High Court of Tripura.

When asked, he said there has been no formal discussion yet on a pre-poll alliance with the BJP for the village polls.

In September, Pradyot Kishore attended the first round of talks in New Delhi over the tripartite Tiprasa Accord, which was signed by the Centre, the state government, and the TIPRA Motha in March.