"Open To Trinamool": Tripura Royal To Lead Northeast Alliance Against BJP

The new platform is being spearheaded by Pradyot Manikya Debburman, head of the Tripura royal family.

A new political initiative was today launched in the northeast aimed at taking on the BJP's might in the region. The grouping, the first two constituents of which are The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (Tipra) and the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), is yet to be named. Tipra Chairman Pradyot Manikya Debburman, head of the Tripura royal family, is spearheading the new platform. He said it was open to allying with West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress for the 2023 polls in his state. AJP President Lurinjyoti Gogoi said the new platform aimed to strengthen the regional political movement of the northeast. The final decision on this front, he said, will be announced soon after a dialogue with all regional parties. The launch assumes significance given that the BJP and its allies control governments in all eight states in the region through the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a political coalition formed in 2016.