BJP's Tripura ally threatens to pull out

Agartala | Thursday | 13th September, 2018

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"We will take up the issue with BJP's central leadership because the state leadership does not keep its words. AGARTALA: Ties between ruling partners BJP and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) seem to be on a shaky ground. The BJP and the IPFT are not contesting the panchayat bypolls as allies.On Wednesday, the IPFT also joined the CPM and the Congress in demanding that panchayat byelections be rescheduled. After two days of clashes between supporters of the two parties, the IPFT on Wednesday said it might reconsider its support to the state government. In the same breath, the party threatened to relaunch the movement for a separate state for tribals..