Bengali voters from hills join TIPRA Motha ahead of village commitee polls
TIPRA Motha
party, led by
Pradyot Kishore Debbarman
, creating interest ahead of village committee election in
Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council
(ADC).
On Tuesday, 32 Bengali and 50 tribal families became members of TIPRA Motha at Pichli Ghat Bazaar in Raima Valley constituency of Gandacherra in Dhalai district, said Motha's
Dhalai district
committee vice-president Sarjoy Tripura.
TIPRA Motha, currently allied with ruling BJP in the Tripura govt, represents indigenous tribes. In recent assembly elections, they independently contested 42 seats, including 22 general seats with non-tribal candidates, though without significant success.
The party has supporters from minority Muslims, Manipuri communities, and some Bengalis. Motha founder Pradyot said, "TIPRA Motha welcomes every community without ethnic consideration since the beginning. It is fighting for the rights of the indigenous people of Tripura and development of the state. But a section of people are deliberately creating confusion."
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Party officials said CPM's emotional manipulation of tribals for 40 years resulted in underdevelopment in ADC areas. Congress also struggled to establish presence in hills despite governing for five years with Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti.
"In 2018 assembly polls, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) won eight seats and BJP secured victory in 11 of 20 tribal constituencies. But both the parties lost their grip among tribals because of non-compliance of their poll promises, which gave birth of TIPRA Motha in 2021 — three months before ADC elections and it won majority seats," a Motha leader said.
Despite limited state govt support for ADC development, the party founder has initiated personal projects. Over four years, ADC has seen notable improvements, unprecedented in previous times, said Pramod Ranjan Tripura, a Motha leader.
Tipra Citizens Federation (TCF) Raima Valley block committee president Joy Kumar Das said, "The people of Tripura have endured years of neglect in the past regimes. Since Motha won ADC, we've driven transformative projects — building roads, expanding electricity access, ensuring clean water, and advancing education."
He added, "Initially, Motha was an indigenous-only party, but TCF has changed that narrative, and today, thousands of Bengalis are joining our movement for progress. Bengali families who previously supported other political parties, now they are convinced by the functioning of TIPRA Motha."
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