Tripura Election: CM Manik Saha rejects Greater Tipraland separate state demand by TIPRA Motha

Days ahead of voting in Tripura for the Assembly elections, Chief Minister Manik Saha rejected the demand for a separate Greater Tipraland demand being raised by the TIPRA Motha political outfit.

CM Saha on 4 February 2023 said that the TIPRA Motha was trying to create divisions between people, and disturbing the good relations between tribal and non-tribal communities in the state.

Saha, a BJP leader, claimed that he had heard that the boundaries of the proposed Greater Tipraland pass through Assam, Mizoram, and Bangladesh, and none of them would accept the demand.

Saha claimed that the Centre is focusing on the development of all the Northeastern states. In a veiled attack on the CPI(M), the CM said, "What the BJP-IPFT government has done in five years, the others could not achieve in 35 years." Saha said the CPI(M) and the Congress have forged an alliance because of the vibrant democracy prevailing in the state.

"It is very strange that Congress leaders are coming out of CPI(M) offices and Communist workers are visiting Congress offices. How has the Congress joined hands with the CPI(M) which had killed 69 Congress leaders and workers," he asked. The chief minister, who addressed two more rallies, urged Congress leaders and workers to join the BJP.

Elections to the 60-member Assembly will be held on 16 February, and votes will be counted on 2 March.

(With PTI inputs)

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