Will continue to serve party as warrior, says Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore

Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said he will continue to serve the party as a warrior, a day after he announced he was stepping down as chairman of the party

Amid the confusion in the party's rank and file, Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on July 17 said he will continue to serve the party as a warrior.

This comes a day after Mr. Debbarma announced he was stepping down as chairman of the party as there is no provision of it in the newly adopted party constitution.

Rebel-turned-politician BK Hrangkhawl will continue as the president of the regional party.

“I am a warrior of the party. I will continue to fight for my ideology- thansa [unity] and greater Tipraland. I am not leaving Tipra Motha and want to build the party from the grassroots level,” he told a press conference.

Mr. Debbarma, who floated the party in February 2021, said, “Manik Sarkar is no longer the head of the CPI(M) in Tripura, but has he quit the party?”

“Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are no longer the presidents of the Congress, but have they left the party ? Amit Shah is also not the national president of BJP, should he quit the party? As long as blood flows in my body, I will remain a warrior of Tipra Motha,” he said.

Noting that he had served the party as chairman for two-and-a-half years, Mr. Debbarma said the Election Commission's guidelines doesn't allow a party to have a chairman and president.