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The BJP-IPFT alliance returns to power in Tripura winning 33 seats in the 60-member assembly on Thursday, as the Election Commission declared the results of all the constituencies.

The Tripura BJP has finalised the seat-sharing deal with old ally IPFT for the February 16 assembly election, giving the junior partner in the coalition five constituencies, four less than what it got in the 2018 polls.

In a significant development ahead of next month's assembly elections in Tripura, BJP's ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura or IPFT, is learnt to have initiated a "close-door meeting" on a possible merger with the TIPRA led by erstwhile ro

Reaching out to BJP ally IPFT, Tipra Motha chairman Pradyot Debbarma said his party was ready to fight the assembly elections on "one symbol".

The BJP, which leads the coalition government with IPFT in Tripura, has faced a major jolt in the tribal areas ahead of the coming state elections.

The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, an ally of the BJP in the North-eastern state, will merge with Tripra Motha, a regional political party, on July 2 ahead of the Assembly elections due next year

Altogether eleven MLAs - nine from the BJP and two from the IPFT - will take oath as the cabinet ministers of Tripura on Monday.

A four-member delegation of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP has met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi demanding a separate Tipraland carved out of the presentTripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Counc

The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats

Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday assured a delegation of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), a BJP ally, that the Modi government would try to address their concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Tripura assembly lawmaker Dhananjoy Tripura, of the ruling IPFT, has married a woman who had accused him of raping and deceiving her.

An Indigenous People's Front of Tripura lawmaker has been charged for allegedly raping and deceiving a woman with promise of marriage in West Tripura district, a police officer said. The IPFT is an ally of the BJP.

Tripura's Congress candidate Pragya Dev Burman's convoy was attacked today near Tulashikhar village. The candidate, an erstwhile royal, was out campaigning for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, when stones were thrown at her convoy. '

Weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the spotlight has focused on Tripura's tribal-based parties since the indigenous people have always played a significant role in the state.

The BJP-IPFT alliance returns to power in Tripura winning 33 seats in the 60-member assembly on Thursday, as the Election Commission declared the results of all the constituencies.

The Tripura BJP has finalised the seat-sharing deal with old ally IPFT for the February 16 assembly election, giving the junior partner in the coalition five constituencies, four less than what it got in the 2018 polls.

In a significant development ahead of next month's assembly elections in Tripura, BJP's ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura or IPFT, is learnt to have initiated a "close-door meeting" on a possible merger with the TIPRA led by erstwhile ro

Reaching out to BJP ally IPFT, Tipra Motha chairman Pradyot Debbarma said his party was ready to fight the assembly elections on "one symbol".

The BJP, which leads the coalition government with IPFT in Tripura, has faced a major jolt in the tribal areas ahead of the coming state elections.

The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, an ally of the BJP in the North-eastern state, will merge with Tripra Motha, a regional political party, on July 2 ahead of the Assembly elections due next year

Altogether eleven MLAs - nine from the BJP and two from the IPFT - will take oath as the cabinet ministers of Tripura on Monday.

A four-member delegation of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP has met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi demanding a separate Tipraland carved out of the presentTripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Counc

The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats

Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday assured a delegation of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), a BJP ally, that the Modi government would try to address their concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Tripura assembly lawmaker Dhananjoy Tripura, of the ruling IPFT, has married a woman who had accused him of raping and deceiving her.

An Indigenous People's Front of Tripura lawmaker has been charged for allegedly raping and deceiving a woman with promise of marriage in West Tripura district, a police officer said. The IPFT is an ally of the BJP.

Tripura's Congress candidate Pragya Dev Burman's convoy was attacked today near Tulashikhar village. The candidate, an erstwhile royal, was out campaigning for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, when stones were thrown at her convoy. '

Weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the spotlight has focused on Tripura's tribal-based parties since the indigenous people have always played a significant role in the state.