Tripura: Tipra Motha Party hints at rethink on BJP alliance over tribal accord in Village Committee elections

Guwahati: Tipra Motha Party (TMP) chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma has hinted that his party could reconsider its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Village Committee elections in Tripura’s tribal areas if the Centre and the state government fail to implement the provisions of the tripartite accord signed on March 2, 2024.

Debbarma said he would be forced to “go his separate way” if the accord is not implemented and the constitutional rights promised to the indigenous people of Tripura are not delivered.

He made the remarks on Monday while speaking to the media on the sidelines of an extended meeting of TMP leaders.


The meeting between BJP and TMP leaders in New Delhi over a joint strategy for the forthcoming Village Committee elections in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) remained inconclusive.

Debbarma,“I am very clear. If these (BJP) people are serious, they should implement the accord,” he said, adding that he had “a lot of respect” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

He said that that failure to implement the agreement would force his party to decide its “next course of action.”

TMP leaders recently held meetings with BJP National President Nitin Nabin and Northeast coordinator Sambit Patra.

The TMP, led by Debbarma, has been a junior partner in the BJP led government since March 2024 after signing the accord in the presence of Union Home Minister Shah.

Two TMP MLAs, Animesh Debbarma and Brishaketu Debbarma, were inducted into the ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Saha.

Elections to 587 Village Committees under the TTAADC are scheduled later this year.

In the April 12 TTAADC elections, TMP won 24 of the 28 elected seats, while the BJP secured only four.