Opinion: Why Is Pradyot Debbarma’s TIPRA Motha Threatening To Leave BJP-Led Government In Tripura?

File image of TIPRA Motha supremo and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma.

Source : PTI

On February 5, the TIPRA Motha supremo and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma threatened to walk out of the Manik Saha-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state if the Centre fails to secure the rights of the Tiprasa community, the indigenous people. Pradyot’s party won 13 seats in the 2023 assembly polls, and currently has two ministers in the state government — cabinet minister Animesh Debbarma and minister of state Brishaketu Debbarma. The party has been