Tipra Motha holds 'mass gathering', Pradyot calls for 'one last fight', warns renegades
In a show of strength prior to the 2023 Assembly Polls in Tripura, TIPRA Motha held a 'mass gathering' in Agartala on Saturday (Nov 12). Giving a call for ‘one last fight’ for the rights of the indigenous people of the State, Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarman warned the party leaders who would betray the Janajati Dafa (Indigenous Communities) would not be spared by its party workers.
Meantime, IANS reported, All the leaders of TIPRA, in their speeches severely criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) "for keeping the state's 13 lakh tribals backwards and poor".
An emotionally-charged Deb Barman said that he would die fighting for the rights of tribals but "would not be purchased by any party".
The February (2023) Assembly polls would be "one last fight", he said and claimed there is no law and order in Tripura and democracy is shattered in the state.
"Land rights to all tribal households would be given. I will not compromise for the rights and protection of the tribals," the TIPRA supremo said and urged the tribals to fight unitedly to achieve their mission to snatch all rights and privileges.
He alleged that the BJP before the 2018 Assembly polls had given false promises of jobs and told the youths that if they give a miss-call from their mobile phone, they would get a government job.
The Deputy Chief Executive Member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Animesh Debbarma said that the BJP government is not giving due funds to the autonomous body for the all-round development of the tribals.
"During the Noakhali riot (in 1946), tribals sheltered Bengalis in Tripura. Tribals are not communal. We want more power and more funding for the TTAADC," Debbarma said.
Referring to TIPRA's 'Greater Tipraland' demand, the tribal leader said that this demand was not aiming to harm Bengalis or any other non-tribal communities.
India's ace footballer and chief of Sikkim's local political party Bhaichung Bhutia also addressed the rally and said that only the regional party can fulfil the hopes and aspirations of the indigenous people.
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