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Indian Express
7 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘Disrespect' towards Pradyot Kishore: Tipra Motha youth wing shuts down govt offices in Tripura's Gomati district
The Youth Tipra Federation (YTF), the youth wing of royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma's Tipra Motha, Monday went ahead with its shutdown of government offices in the Gomati district. The YTF is protesting against the alleged disrespect shown towards party supremo Pradyot Kishore and Purna Chandra Jamatia, Chief Executive Member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, when the duo went to meet the Gomati district magistrate in his residence and were turned back at the gate Sunday. The Tripura Police made adequate arrangements to tackle the agitation and deployed thousands of security personnel. Hundreds of agitators attempted to breach security barricades and engaged in scuffles with the police. 'There will be deployment of nearly 1,000-2000 police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel. Besides, we have been given civilian officers and experienced officers from the police headquarters. Our primary objective is to ensure that no one interferes with any official duty. We are trying to ensure less inconvenience for the public. For this, we have separate arrangements for traffic,' said Souvik De, Additional Superintendent of Police, a day before the shutdown. Pradyot Kishore attended an event in South Tripura Sunday and was travelling to Agartala in the West Tripura district. On his way, he reached out to Gomati District Magistrate T K Chakma, whose residence is in Udaipur, which is on the route to Agartala. However, the Tipra Motha leader, who was accompanied by Jamatia, was allegedly denied entry by the security guards at the gate. Pradyot told journalists that he had been trying to get in touch with the DM regarding some administrative issues, but his phone calls had not been answered. The YTF condemned the incident, sought action against the DM and declared a shutdown at all government offices in the Gomati district. YTF President Suraj Debbarma stated on Sunday that if the Tripura government does not take action on the issue, the agitation will spread to other districts of the state. Tipra Motha is a ruling ally in the BJP-led state government.
Indian Express
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘We never surrender to power': Tripura LoP takes potshots at Pradyot Kishore for ‘not on good terms with CPI(M)' remark
Two days after Tipra Motha founder Pradyot Kishore said he was on good terms with both the Congress and the BJP but not with the CPI(M), Tripura Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jitendra Chaudhury Friday criticised the tribal party for joining the BJP-led ruling alliance in the state after having served as the principal Opposition. 'I am not unhappy with his (Pradyot Kishore) statement. I am grateful to him that he had spoken the right thing. The CPI(M) is different. We never surrender to power or any other vested interest,' Chaudhury said. The CPI(M) leader said Kishore's party 'forged an alliance through the backdoor' to help the BJP return to power during the 2023 Assembly elections. Meanwhile, attacking the BJP, Chaudhury said, 'The 125th (Amendment) Bill is kept in the refrigerator in Parliament. In Tripura, for the past 7.5 years, the tribals of Tripura have been made second-class citizens. The TTAADC (Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council) has been reduced to a beggar. They are not conducting village council elections as well.' Chaudhury also criticised BJP MLA Sudhangshu Das over his recent controversial remark on the Pahalgam terror attack and called him a 'habitual offender'. Pradyot Kishore had visited the Congress Bhawan in Agartala on Wednesday to return some party flags lying with him from the time when he was a member of the Grand Old Party. He even served as the state president of the Congress in 2019, and later floated the Tipra Motha. When asked about his visit to the Congress office, Pradyot Kishore had made the 'not on good terms with the CPI(M)' comment. Earlier, on several occasions, Pradyot Kishore was heard saying that tribals were deliberately kept poor during the 25 years of Communist rule from 1993-2018, and former BJP CM and Lok Sabha member Biplab Kumar Deb 'really loves tribals'.
