Pradyot seeks alliance with IPFT for upcoming Village Committee polls

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, November 29, 2024

From the grandiose ‘Greater Tipraland’ to ‘Thansa’, to ‘constitutional solution’ and an infructuous peace accord amidst successful pursuit of personal and familial agenda-‘Tipra Motha’ supremo Pradyot Kishore has already proved himself a past master in cunning political somersaults and multi-faceted posturing. All in the name of 15 lakh ‘Tiprasas’. A consummate opportunist to the core, Pradyot has already made a mess of the ADC through the organised plundering of the autonomous body’s financial resources by his party-affiliated executive members and even ordinary elected members. Pradyot himself testified to this incontrovertible fact in an audio-video message.

Now Pradyot has turned his eyes and attention on the upcoming election to the 587 Village Committees, capitalizing on the politics of sub-contract being practiced by the ruling BJP that appears to have politically leased out the tribal dominated areas of the state to the ‘Tipra Motha’ at the expense of its once-powerful tribal front organization the ‘Janajati Morcha’. In an audio message transmitted yesterday Pradyot has called for a joint fight in the upcoming Village Committee elections in alliance with the IPFT-all in the name of tribal people.

Harping on his refrain of ‘Thansa’ or unity, Pradyot said in the message that since the demands of the ‘Tipra Motha’ and IPFT to centre meet , there is no point in fighting the polls separately. “If we fight together no body will be able to divide us ; after winning the polls we will be able to work together for the development (plundering ?) of the ‘Tiprasas’ said Pradyot. In a loftily grand posturing Pradyot has given higher importance , at least ostensibly, to the welfare of ‘Tiprasas’ above party politics, calling for a united voice in Delhi to secure the demands of the indigenous people. Beneath the surface of course lies Pradyot’s shrewd and avaricious personal and familial agenda.