IPFT preparing ground for organizational revival, central committee meeting held in Agartala Press Club

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, November 14, 2026

The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), once a formidable regional political party based in Tripura till the assembly polls of 2018, is now reduced in strength. The party was in government alongside dominant BJP from 2018 to 2023 with two ministers and several MLAs but , despite reduction in strength the part continues to partner the BJP in governance of the state with one minister , Shukla Charan Noatia who is also a leading organizational figure.

Having suffered serious setbacks in its organizational structure because of inroads made into it by the rival ‘Tipra Motha’ , the IPFT is now trying to find a way to organizational revival. To that end the central committee of the party comprising senior leaders like president Prem Kumar Reang, general secretary Swapan Debbarma, incumbent minister Shukla Charan Noatia and other leaders sat in a long meeting in Agartala.

What transpired in the meeting has not yet been officially declared by the party but sources within said that a decision has been taken to hold the third triennial state conference of the party in the first week of December. The delegates of various divisional committees of the party from all over the state will come to Agartala and attend the state conference to decide upon important organizational and political issues. Apart from this, in the course of discussion the attendant leaders of the party today took stock of the organizational profile of the party and decided that urgent action should be taken to strengthen the organizational base on the basis of the longstanding issues that the party embraced. However, as yet there is no official statement or comment from the party leadership detailing what transpired in today’s meeting though all this will be presented to the media within a short time.

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