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"A party delegation, led by Hrangkhawl, met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi last week and discussed the seat-sharing issue. Another party nominee Sukhla Charan Noatia may submit his nomination papers for the Tripura West constituency the same day. We had approached the Congress to allot Tripura East seat to the INPT," INPT Vice-President Amiya Kumar Debbarma said on Monday.But the Congress asked us to contest as independent from Tripura East, which was not acceptable to us, Debbarma said.IPFT President and state Revenue Minister Narendra Chandra Debbarma told IANS he would file his nomination papers for the Tripura East seat on Friday. "Informal talks between the BJP and the IPFT to resolve the issue are on. "After the declaration of the IPFT nominees, we have not received any communication from the BJP over the issue," the veteran tribal leader said.However, BJP spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharjee said the party has been requesting the IPFT to withdraw their candidates..