Demand for greater TIPRALAND by the TIPRA Motha.

• Demands for greater TIPRALAND rises in the ongoing elections preparations in Tripura.

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• The Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance(TIPRA Motha) chief Pradyot Kishore Debbarma has recently launched the party’s election manifesto for the upcoming Tripura Assembly polls, in Agartala.
• TIPRA Motha is the newest political partyin Tripura and is led by Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, the son of Tripura’s last king.
• The party’s first electoral attemptin the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections in 2021 was successful, securing 18 of 28 seats.
• The demand for Greater Tipraland has polarized the relationshipbetween the tribals and non-tribals in Tripura.

About Greater Tipraland

• It is thearea demanded by TIPRA Motha which aims to carve out a new state “Greater Tipraland” for the 19 indigenous tribes of Tripura under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
  • Articles 2and 3 authorize the Parliament for creation of new states and alter the areas, boundaries or names of existing states from the territories of an existing state or states.
• The new state would go beyond the TTAADC areasand include several other villages where the Tiprasa reside in large numbers.