Opposition Tipra Motha Likely To Join BJP-Led Government In Tripura

The Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, or TIPRA Motha, on Wednesday announced that it will join the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Tripura government, The Indian Express reported.

TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said that party MLAs Animesh Debbarma and Brishaketu Debbarma will join the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Manik Saha. On Thursday morning, Animesh Debbarma resigned as the state leader of Opposition.

The TIPRA Motha was founded in 2019 as a social organisation and later became a tribal-centric political party. It presently has 13 MLAs in the 60-member state Assembly, while the the BJP has 32 legislators.