Tripura BJP will contest TTAADC village committee polls in alliance with TMP, IPFT: Rajib Bhattacharjee

He highlighted initiatives in education, healthcare, financial assistance, connectivity, housing, free ration, drinking water, and employment opportunities.

In an important political development, Tripura BJP president and MP Rajib Bhattacharjee on Sunday announced that the ruling party will contest the elections to the village committees of TTAADC along with its allies, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) and the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT).

Bhattacharjee made this claim on the sidelines of the launch of ‘Empowering Janajati, Empowering Tripura’, a programme aimed at disseminating information about various government initiatives for tribal development.

While speaking to media, Bhattacharjee affirmed that the BJP values its alliances and aims to contest the polls unitedly, continuing the coalition tradition set by the NDA since the tenure of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and still continuing under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

His remarks come amid repeated expressions of dissatisfaction from Tipra Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarma over the slow pace of development in tribal areas, delays in the Village Committee elections, and the implementation of the Tipra Accord.

Amid concerns raised by its ally Tipra Motha over the underdevelopment of Tripura’s indigenous population Bhattacharjee asserted that the significant progress has been made in tribal areas under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and since BJP came to power in Tripura in 2018.

Bhattacharjee stated that both the central and state governments have prioritized tribal development by identifying tribal-dominated areas as aspirational districts and blocks, providing special packages and funding.

He highlighted initiatives in education, healthcare, financial assistance, connectivity, housing, free ration, drinking water, and employment opportunities.

In 2023, the BJP and TMP had fought the state assembly elections separately but a year later, the Tipra Motha Party joined the BJP-led coalition government.

Although the five-year tenure of the village committees expired in February 2021, the elections could not be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The State Election Commission later initiated delimitation of the village committees, further delaying the polls.

The schedule of the polls is yet to be announced.

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