Week After He Quit Congress, Party's Ex-Tripura Chief Floats New Party
NDTV
The new political outfit has pledged support to the political platform led by Tripura royal scion and former Tripura Congress chief Pradyot Manikya Debbarman.
At a time when a section of Congress leaders is making a beeline to join rival Trinamool Congress, another section of its former leaders have floated a new political party, rendering the Congress in the state to a mere signboard.
The new political party - Tripura Democratic Front (TDF) - was announced by former state Congress president Pijush Biswas, who along with ex-vice president Tapas Dey and former youth Congress president Pujan Biswas quit the party earlier this week.
The new political outfit has pledged support to the political platform led by Tripura royal scion and former Tripura Congress chief Pradyot Manikya Debbarman.
Mr Biswas, the key leader and advisor of the TDF, told the media that his decision to end his over 50 association with the Congress for the "greater interest of the people of the state".