After Tripura victory, BJP ally demands separate state for indigenous communities
The IPFT further said that they wanted the core issues of the indigenous people to be addressed on priority.
Agartala: A day after winning Tripura elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) has put the demand for a separate state for the tribals back on the table.
Party president N C Debbarma said, "The elections are a separate issue, our demand has for years been to create a separate state for tribal people of Tripura. We are hopeful that the Central Government will form a high-level monitoring committee to look into our demand."
Debbarma further said that he wanted the core issues of the indigenous people to be addressed on priority.
"Development activities are a regular exercise, whichever political party may be in power, so the demand will continue", he added.
The BJP and its ally on Saturday scripted history by ending the 25-year reign of the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with a two-thirds majority in the Tripura legislative assembly elections.
Debbarma defeated the CPI(M)'s Ramendra Debbarma in Takarjal constituency.
The IPFT has been fighting for a separate state for tribals since its inception in the year 1997.