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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
BJP-TIPRA Motha relation turns sour in Tripura?
Agartala: The relation between the two ruling partners in Tripura govt — BJP and TIPRA Motha — has gradually become strained, as the latter party feels the govt is not considering their issues of concern seriously and that their demands have not been fulfilled. TIPRA Motha leaders have confronted the govt on several issues since they joined the ruling front and got two ministerial berths last year. After a long persuasion, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) appointed an interlocutor to negotiate TIPRA Motha's core demand for Greater Tipraland and associated socio-economic, cultural and social issues, but there has been no headway. BJP and TIPRA Motha have been facing differences on selection of scripts for Kokborok (dialect spoken by tribals). While Motha and other tribal parties demanded for the Roman script, BJP argued for Bengali or Devanagari script for the language. The ruling party of Tripura ADC has been fighting for direct funding from the Centre and empowerment, for which they said to have forged an alliance with BJP, but this has not happened yet, Motha leaders said. Recently, TIPRA party launched an agitation demanding action against district magistrate (Gomati) TK Chakma for alleged misbehaviour with ADC CEM Purna Chandra Jamatia and Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo They had a protest locking down the administrative offices in the district on last Monday and issued a seven-day ultimatum to the govt for taking action against DM Chakma. On Thursday, chief minister Manik Saha, without naming anyone, issued a warning to the adversaries who had been allegedly trying to tarnish the image of his govt. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Bengali voters from hills join TIPRA Motha ahead of village commitee polls
Agartala: Bengali residents from hill areas are now joining 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." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo 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."
The Herald
23-04-2025
- Business
- The Herald
Court sets aside R1bn ICT contract that SANParks had awarded to Gijima
The Pretoria high court has reviewed and set aside a decision by SA National Parks (SANParks) to award a tender worth close to R1bn to Gijima Holdings for the provision of information and communication technology services for 10 years. The court ordered that Datacentrix continue to deliver the services to SANParks for 12 months from the date of judgment on the same terms and conditions as set out in the previous agreement concluded in February 2019. The court said it was just and equitable to remit the matter to SANParks for reconsideration of the tender. Datacentrix was the incumbent after bits successful bid in the previous tender GNP-008-18, in February 2019. That tender was to last until April 2024. Datacentrix brought the review application before the court in April last year after SANParks had awarded the 10-year tender to Gijima. The tender was for the outsourcing of SANParks ICT services, including its network services, telephony services, internet, cloud and cyber security services and the underlying infrastructure that is integral to SANParks business operations within the 22 national parks under its management and control. The tender was advertised in September 2023 and was awarded to Gijima in February 2024. Judge Mandlekosi Motha, in a judgment passed on April 11, described the case as a titanic battle for the SANParks tender, worth just about R1bn. 'Blissfully unaware of this existential threat are the lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros and cheetahs, to name but a few affected animals. I am convinced that if these animals had a say in the matter, no-one would be before this court,' Motha said. In September last year, the Pretoria high court handed down an order dismissing the Datacentrix application for condonation concerning a prayer in its notice of motion, which sought to review and set aside the request for bids relating to the tender. The court said last year the review application before it had not been brought within the 180 days regarding the review on the request for bids. In the judgment passed this month, Motha said the preliminary point about the application not being brought within 180 days was not dispositive of the entire case because the prayer which sought to review and set aside the decision to award Gijima the tender was made well within 180 days. The ground of review was that Gijima failed to submit annual financial statements for the June 2022 financial year and submitted only audited financial statements for the two preceding financial years (June 2021 and June 2020). Datacentrix said Gijima ought therefore to have been disqualified from the tender evaluation process for failure to satisfy the minimum mandatory conditions of tender. Motha said the common denominator in all the four disqualifications was the entities' failure to comply with the requirement of three years audited or independently reviewed annual financial statements. 'What is good for the goose is good for the gander. How is it that Gijima was held to a different standard? This is nothing short of disgraceful conduct,' Motha said. Motha said the fact that SANParks came to court and insisted that only one audited financial statement was required 'stinks to high heavens'. He said this conduct was totally at variance with the constitutional precepts of fairness and equity. He said the decision to award the tender to Gijima was not in keeping with the dictates of the constitution, and it would not be far off the mark to characterise the tender process as being shambolic. 'Ultimately, this entire tender process was not in accordance with a tender process that is fair, equitable, transparent and competitive.' TimesLIVE
TimesLIVE
22-04-2025
- Business
- TimesLIVE
Court sets aside R1bn ICT contract that SANParks had awarded to Gijima
The Pretoria high court has reviewed and set aside a decision by SA National Parks (SANParks) to award a tender worth close to R1bn to Gijima Holdings for the provision of information and communication technology services for 10 years. The court ordered that Datacentrix continue to deliver the services to SANParks for 12 months from the date of judgment on the same terms and conditions as set out in the previous agreement concluded in February 2019. The court said it was just and equitable to remit the matter to SANParks for reconsideration of the tender. Datacentrix was the incumbent after bits successful bid in the previous tender GNP-008-18, in February 2019. That tender was to last until April 2024. Datacentrix brought the review application before the court in April last year after SANParks had awarded the 10-year tender to Gijima. The tender was for the outsourcing of SANParks ICT services, including its network services, telephony services, internet, cloud and cyber security services and the underlying infrastructure that is integral to SANParks business operations within the 22 national parks under its management and control. The tender was advertised in September 2023 and was awarded to Gijima in February 2024. Judge Mandlekosi Motha, in a judgment passed on April 11, described the case as a titanic battle for the SANParks tender, worth just about R1bn. 'Blissfully unaware of this existential threat are the lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros and cheetahs, to name but a few affected animals. I am convinced that if these animals had a say in the matter, no-one would be before this court,' Motha said. In September last year, the Pretoria high court handed down an order dismissing the Datacentrix application for condonation concerning a prayer in its notice of motion, which sought to review and set aside the request for bids relating to the tender. The court said last year the review application before it had not been brought within the 180 days regarding the review on the request for bids. In the judgment passed this month, Motha said the preliminary point about the application not being brought within 180 days was not dispositive of the entire case because the prayer which sought to review and set aside the decision to award Gijima the tender was made well within 180 days. The ground of review was that Gijima failed to submit annual financial statements for the June 2022 financial year and submitted only audited financial statements for the two preceding financial years (June 2021 and June 2020). Datacentrix said Gijima ought therefore to have been disqualified from the tender evaluation process for failure to satisfy the minimum mandatory conditions of tender. Motha said the common denominator in all the four disqualifications was the entities' failure to comply with the requirement of three years audited or independently reviewed annual financial statements. 'What is good for the goose is good for the gander. How is it that Gijima was held to a different standard? This is nothing short of disgraceful conduct,' Motha said. Motha said the fact that SANParks came to court and insisted that only one audited financial statement was required 'stinks to high heavens'. He said this conduct was totally at variance with the constitutional precepts of fairness and equity. He said the decision to award the tender to Gijima was not in keeping with the dictates of the constitution, and it would not be far off the mark to characterise the tender process as being shambolic. 'Ultimately, this entire tender process was not in accordance with a tender process that is fair, equitable, transparent and competitive.'
