BJP ally IPFT's MLA quits, likely to join TIPRA

Ahead of next year's Assembly polls, exodus from BJP's ally, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), continues. Another IPFT MLA resigned on Friday and is likely to join Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA).

IPFT MLA Dhananjoy Tripura, accompanied by TIPRA supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman, submitted his resignation letter to Speaker Ratan Chakraborty, who accepted it.

Deb Barman said that Tripura and a few other leaders will join TIPRA on Saturday. Dhananjoy was elected from Raima valley in 2018. IPFT MLA Brishaketu Debbarma also resigned from the Assembly in June last year and joined the TIPRA.


Last month, BJP MLA Burba Mohan Tripura resigned from the assembly and joined TIPRA. Several MLA have resigned. Ashis Das, Sudip Roy Barman and Ashis Kumar Saha quit the BJP and the assembly membership following open differences with former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Das joined Trinamool Congress last year and quit the party in May this year while Roy Barman, also a former BJP Minister, and Saha joined the Congress in February this year.

Roy Barman was re-elected to the state assembly for sixth times in the by-election in June on Congress ticket.