The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), also known as the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, is a regional

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and previously a social organization in

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

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. The TIPRA is led by

Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma Kirit Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman Bahadur is the current head of the Tripuri royal family and is the titular king. He was born in New Delhi, and now resides in Agartala, Tripura. He also served as the editor of TNT-The Northeast Today. He is t ...

. It is currently the largest opposition party in

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History

On 25 Feb 2019,

was appointed the President of

Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (or Tripura PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Tripura. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as se ...

. Within a few months, Deb Barma resigned from the Pradesh Congress President post, accusing the Congress high command of pressuring him to accommodate 'corrupt people'. Almost three months later, he formed a social organization to work for the rights of the indigenous people. On 5 February 2021, Deb Barma announced that his organization had become a political party and would contest the

2021 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) were held on 6 April 2021. 25 of the 28 elected seats in the Autonomous District Council are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There were 865,041 eligible voters in the ele ...

. The

Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (abbr. INPT) was a political party in the Indian state of Tripura. Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl was the President of the party. It merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Alliance (TIPRA) party on 11 ...

(INPT),

Tipraland State Party Tipraland State Party (TSP) was a regional political party in Tripura, India. TSP beliefs relate to Tripuri nationalism, social reformation, and revolution for the Tripuri nation. The main demand of the party is to elevate Tripura Tribal Areas ...

(TSP) and IPFT (Tipraha) merged with the TIPRA in 2021.

Ideological positions

TIPRA's main objective is the creation of a new state called 'Greater Tipraland' under the Article 2 & 3 of the

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. The Motha emphasizes Tipra nationalism, using the slogans "''Puila Jati, Ulobo Jati''" and "''Puila Jati, Ulo Party''" (Community first, party later). It aims to first empower and emancipate the Tiprasa people before anything else. The party sees its activities as peoples' movement rather than a political one. In 2023,

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accused the Tipra Motha of being allied with

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and the

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. This was denied by Deb Barma, who claimed he could not be a communist ally due to his royal ancestry, being the son of the last King of Tripura.

Electoral history

TIPRA secured a majority in the 28-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections along with its ally the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT). TIPRA won 16 seats while the INPT won 2 seats. The result not only ended the Left Front’s 15-year rule of the council but also became the only regional party to come into power in the council without an alliance with a national party. Mega Mass Gathering of TIPRA Motha

Deb Barma reaffirmed his earlier claim that the demand for Greater

Tipraland Tipraland is the name of a proposed state in India for the indigenous Tripuri people in the tribal areas of the Tripura state. They demand the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council and some surrounding areas to be made into a separate ...

would not be compromised at any cost and issued a stern call for victory in 2023. A massive gathering of thousands of indigenous people who travelled from all over the state to the Swami Vivekananda Stadium (Astabal Ground) complemented the term "Thansa." "Bubagra is not looking to argue. We abhor all forms of violence. We never oppose any group or faith. Our movement is to demand the rights that the Indian Constitution grants us, and we will succeed in our objectives, he continued.

Politburo members

Purna Chandra Jamatia Purna Chandra Jamatia is an Indian social political activist and elected Chief Executive Member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) for the first time. Purna Chandra Jamatia was elected from the Killa Bagma Assembly ...

Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl is the current president of The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA. He was the leader of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, a political party based in the Indian state of Tripura. Early life Mar ...

Animesh Debbarma Animesh Debbarma is an Indian politician and the leader of the Tipra Motha Party. Currently he is the Leader of the Opposition of Tripura Legislative Assembly. He served as Deputy Chief Executive Member of TTAADC but resigned when he won the 20 ...

Rajeswar Debbarma Rajeshwar Debbarma is a Tipra Indian politician from Tripura who won the election in 2003 as a candidate of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra. He became MLA of Takarjala. He was one of the prominent leaders of Indigenous Nationalist Part ...

Manindra Reang Manindra Reang is a Tipra-Indian politician from Tripura. He won the election as a Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly representing Santirbazar for 2003 to 2013. He became minister of Minister for Tribal Welfare (TRP & PTG), Home (Ja ...

References

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History

Ideological positions

Electoral history

Politburo members

See also

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