Lok Sabha polls: BJP declares Kriti Singh Debbarma as candidate for East Tripura
Kriti Singh Debbarma as the party candidate for Tripura East (ST) Lok Sabha seat. The BJP earlier nominated former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who is currently the Rajya Sabha member, for the West Tripura Lok Sabha seat.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of BJP on Wednesday declared its second list of 72 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and Debbarma, a former royal scion of Tripura and a social activist, is also one of the nominees.
Debbarma is the elder sister of Tipra Motha Party (TMP) supremo and former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman.
A senior BJP leader said, «With the understanding between the leaders of BJP and the TMP, Kriti Singh Debbarma’s name was finalised as BJP candidate for the Tripura East (ST) Lok Sabha seat. „
Deb Barman said he had always been keen to send someone close to the state’s tribal community to the Lok Sabha to highlight the voice of the tribals and their demands.
The TMP on March 7 joined the BJP-led coalition government adding a new twist to state politics.
Demanding a “Greater Tipra Land” or a separate state for the tribals under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution, and after a series of agitations in Tripura and Delhi, the TMP on March 2 signed a tripartite agreement with the Center and the Tripura government in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and others.
According to the agreement, a Joint Working Group/Committee would be formed to work out and implement the mutually agreed issues
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