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IPFT claims BJP workers attacked 'over 100' of its members in Tripura; saffron party says it 'doesn't believe in politics of violence'

The IPFT alleged that BJP workers were attacking its supporters after the Lok Sabha election. IPFT spokesperson Mangal Debbarma said the party will have to think of 'alternative ways' if the attacks continue. BJP spokesperson Ashok Sinha denied the allegations.

Lok Sabha Election 2019: As BJP faces ally IPFT in Tripura, Congress calls it ploy to divide tribal votes

BJP and IPFT remain allies in the newly formed NDA government but will be contesting against each other in the Lok Sabha elections in Tripura.

BJP's manouevre over Citizenship Bill alienates North East; goal of Hindu consolidation could prove illusory

Though religious identities are important in the North East, they are interpenetrated by other identities based mainly on ethnic (often tribal) and linguistic solidarities, which is why the BJP’s Citizenship Bill, designed to consolidate Hindus outside the Hindutva constituency did not go down very well in the region

IPFT to press for separate tribal state, NRC; Tripura BJP ally will hold sit-in protest in New Delhi on 11 December

Ruling BJP ally, IPFT, will restart its agitation from Wednesday to press for its decade-old demand for a separate state for the tribals in Tripura

BJP sweeps Tripura panchayat bypolls, wins 113 of 130 seats; ally IPFT bags nine

The by-election was necessitated as large number of panchayat samiti members resigned after the BJP-IPFT government assumed office on 3 March.

Students learning only about Stalin and Lenin, new NCERT syllabus to teach Gandhi and Bose, says Biplab Kumar Deb

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that the new syllabus would soon be introduced.

CPM newspaper shuts in Tripura: Party blames BJP, says over 200 staff now jobless

A 40-year-old CPM newspaper in Tripura, Daily Deshar Katha, has been ordered closed by the government on technical grounds.

Rajnath Singh to meet leaders of Tripura's tribal outfit INPT on 4 October to discuss demand for NRC in state

Rajnath Singh will meet tribal outfit INPT's leaders in Delhi on 4 October to discuss their demand for a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura.

Tripura panchayat bypolls record over 81% voter turnout; 'minor squabbles' reported from northern parts

The panchayat bypolls were necessitated in Tripura due to large-scale resignations of elected representatives of the Left and other parties after the BJP-led coalition came to power in the state in March.

Opposition in Tripura seeks rescheduling of panchayat election, claims BJP stopped candidates from filing nomination papers

According to Tripura Police, on Monday and Tuesday at least 25 workers of the BJP, IPFT and the Congress and over 10 policemen including two senior officers were injured in a series of clashes between the rival factions of political parties in at least 12 places