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The Hindu
8 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP ally Tipra Motha seeks PM's intervention for 'pushing back' illegal immigrants in Tripura
BJP ally Tipra Motha Party (TMP) sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to send back illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in Tripura. Senior TMP leader and Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma told PTI that following the directives of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), states like Gujarat, Assam and Meghalaya took swift action. "Illegal migrants were detained, flown to various border areas and pushed back to their country of origin. This has not been done in Tripura as was expected," he said. With this demand, a 15-member delegation of the TMP, led by Mr. Debbarma, met Governor N. Indrasena Reddy on Saturday (June 14, 2025) and handed over a memorandum, seeking the PM's intervention. Mr. Debbarma said the TMP urged the PM to send a task force to the state. "We also urged for the setting up of a mechanism, involving the Assam Rifles, CRPF and the State police to detect, detain and push back illegal migrants," he said. 'Demographic change' Expressing concern over "demographic change" in the state, Mr. Debbarma said, "As per government records, the state accepted 6,09,000 people who had migrated from Bangladesh for various reasons during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. An accord was signed with a cut-off date of March 24, 1971, for the identification of illegal migrants." A Mobile Task Force (MTF) was also raised under the Tripura Police with a separate budget for detection and deportation of all the illegal migrants, but the problem persists, he said.
Hans India
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
BJP ally Tipra Motha Party seeks PM Modi's intervention to deport Tripura's illegal immigrants
The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), a tribal based party and an ally of the ruling BJP, demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to identify and push back all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in Tripura to the neighbouring country. The TMP, headed by former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, often organised agitations and rallies demanding urgent action by the government to detect and deport illegal migrants, specifically Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. Senior TMP leader Animesh Debbarma, who is also the state's Forest, Environment, Science and Technology Minister, said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently asked all the states, especially the bordering states, to identify the illegal foreign nationals and deport them to their countries. 'As per the Indira-Mujib accord, anyone who came to India after March 24, 1971, is an illegal settler. There are many people in Tripura who came after this date and are illegally living in the state,' the tribal leader told IANS. A 15-member delegation of the TMP, led by Debbarma, met Tripura Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Saturday at the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum, seeking the Prime Minister's immediate intervention to deport the illegal infiltrators to Bangladesh and other countries. Debbarma said the Central government can send a task force to the state to deal with the infiltrator issue. He expressed concern over the change of the demographic pattern in Tripura and strongly said, 'We cannot allow the illegal infiltrators to stay in the state illegally'. Quoting the government records, Debbarma said that the state had accepted 6.09 lakh people who had migrated from Bangladesh for various reasons during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The Mobile Task Force (MTF) unit of Tripura Police must be more proactive in identifying and deporting the illegal foreign nationals, the TMP leader said. Meanwhile, the MHA in its May 19 directives has advised all state governments and union territories to constitute Special Task Forces (STFs) in every district to identify and deport illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants within 30 days. The MHA directive, issued in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, has given state governments a free hand to carry out the operation in coordination with central agencies.
The Print
a day ago
- Politics
- The Print
Tripura BJP stages rallies protesting attack on Tagore's ancestral house in Bangladesh
BJP state vice president Subal Bhowmik and general secretary Bhagaban Das led the protest rally near Agartala Integrated Land Customs Station condemning the attack on Tagore's ancestral house in Sirajganj district of Bangladesh. Thousands of party leaders, workers and supporters, holding party flags, participated in protest rallies in all the ten organisational districts of the state and raised slogans against the interim government in the neighbouring country for failing to protect the historic structure. Agartala, Jun 14 (PTI) The Tripura unit of the BJP on Saturday staged protest rallies across the state protesting the attack and vandalisation of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral house in Bangladesh. 'We took out rallies in all the organisational districts of the party, condemning the attack by fundamentalist groups. Under Muhammad Yunus, a chaotic situation has been created in Bangladesh and minorities are facing hardships,' Das told reporters. 'The attack on Tagore's ancestral house is an attack on Bengali heritage and our identity. If such attacks continue, we will launch massive protests in future,' he said. The party's media in-charge, Sunit Sarkar, said that under the Yunus regime, it appears fundamentalists have a free run in Bangladesh. 'The attack on Tagore's ancestral house is a glaring example of how fundamentalists have become active in the neighbouring country. The BJP will not remain silent if such a situation continues to prevail,' he said. Tipra Motha Party (TMP) supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said, 'How do we expect that a nation, which could not show respect to its father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will tolerate Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore?' 'The library of Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya at Comilla was vandalised senselessly by fundamentalist groups. We strongly condemned the attack on Tagore's house. They forget that Bangladesh's national anthem is Tagore's creation. They should show him some respect,' he said. PTI PS ACD This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Tipra Motha Party protests construction of Bangladesh embankments near Tripura border
FILE, Apr 27: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel keep vigil along the Tripura-Bangladesh Border, after the Paalgam Terror attack, on Sunday. Tipra Motha Party, a BJP ally, protested against Bangladesh's embankment construction near the Tripura border. Demonstrators in Belonia were stopped by police. Party Chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma urged stronger central action, citing threats to Hindu minorities and potential flooding in Belonia and Kailashahar. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha informed Amit Shah about the issue. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Bharatiya Janata Party's ally Tipra Motha Party (TMP) on Monday organised protests against the construction of embankments by the Bangladesh government along the border with protest was organized in Belonia and they tried to proceed to the India-Bangladesh bordering areas but police prevented protesters carried banners "We hate Bangladesh government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus" engaged in heated arguments with the police officials as to why they are not allowed to go to borders to register their founder and Chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma earlier urged the Central government to adopt a stronger policy stance towards Bangladesh, accusing the neighbouring country of encouraging fundamentalist forces targeting Hindu said that Bangladesh embankments would endanger at least two district headquarters – Belonia and Kailashahar (Unakoti district headquarters).Construction of embankments by the Bangladesh government triggered a panic among the people of Unakoti and South Tripura districts and they claimed that during the next monsoon period, vast areas of the two districts would be flooded and might damage huge government and private properties. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah communicated the embankment issue of Unakoti district and the embankment issue relating to South Tripura district is now under that the state government is seriously looking into the matters, the Chief Minister had said that regarding the embankment issues in South Tripura district detailed information has been gathered and forwarded to the Centre for appropriate action.
