New Tripura Ministers get portfolios: Ram Prasad Paul has been given the portfolio of Home (Jail, Fire Service and Emergency), OBC Welfare, Minorities Welfare and Cooperation). But not police.
Sushanta Chowdhury, given apart from ICA also PWD (DWS) and Youth Affairs and Sports.
Bhagaban Das entrusted with the portfolios of Animal Resources Development, Labour and SC Welfare departments.
The BJP-IPFT coalition government in Tripura is a victim of systemic Leftists' campaign but such measures will not succeed, new Tripura Minister Bhagaban Das had said earlier this year.
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Three MLAs- all of them first time legislators -Ramprasad Paul, Bhagaban Das and Sushanta Chowdhury were sworn in as Ministers on Tuesday, Aug 31.
Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya administered them the oath of office and secrecy.
Bhagaban Das is MLA from Unakoti district around commercially active Kumarghat region and Ram Prasad Paul is a long term BJP and a RSS man from West Tripura.
Susanta Choudhury, MLA from Majlishpur, is also from West Tripura.
Two eminent disgruntled BJP legislators Sudip Roy Barman, Asish Saha (or Das) were not spotted at Raj Bhavan.
(In an interview with the blogger for RSS-run 'Organiser', earlier this year - Bhagaban Das had flayed the communists and said the "Leftists disinformation campaign against BJP in Tripura will not succeed" .
Kumarghat (Tripura): The gross disinformation campaign against the BJP-led coalition government in Tripura by the Leftists and Left liberals will not succeed, said BJP legislator Bhagaban Das.
(this interview was carried in website - Feb 5, 2021)
He also maintained that the saffron party would need to reach out to all sections of people in a more concrete and systematic manner to break the 'destructive' pro-Communists mindset prevalent in the state due to long 25 years of Leftists' control of the state till 2018.
"The BJP-IPFT coalition government in Tripura is a victim of systemic Leftists' campaign but such measures will not succeed as the pro-people welfare works will speak for themselves and finally convince the common masses," Bhagaban Das told this reporter in a brief interview.
The legislator maintained that- "A vested interest is in full time work in the state to discredit Biplab Deb ministry. They are banking on social media like Whatsapp and there is a pattern as these individuals and groups would always prevent good works getting publicity".
"A new pattern is that in any informal gathering and tea stalls etc, people will start talking ill of the government. A few others with the same Leftist mindset would join the discussion as part of pre planning. This conspiracy is sinister in design," he said.
There is no discussion in the state that the Modi government in the centre and the Tripura government in coordination provided 5 kilo rice to poor families during lockdown last summer for several months, Bhagaban Das said.
Mr Das, known for being close to the Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, asserted that while complex issues like 'dismissed teachers agitation' is discussed repeatedly they will never talk about welfare measures like housing, major road projects and cleanliness drive.
"The Left liberals have completely forgotten that 10, 323 teachers lost their job following a court order and that was due to faulty and politically motivated recruitment policy of the then Left Front government of Manik Sarkar," he said adding "like you often see selected debates on national issues directed mostly against the Modi government, there is a growing pattern just to defame Biplab Deb Ministry by hook or crook".
Dismissed teachers stir was started in December and state BJP leaders have described it as a full fledged work of the Communist leaders.
The agitating teachers and police clashed on Jan 27 and cops have said like Delhi police they also applied restraints otherwise things could have turned worse.
Several police and 'dismissed teachers' were injured after the protesting group violated restrictions imposed under 144 CrPC. Another teacher Kalyan Das also died recently.
Local BJP leaders like state saffron party spokesman Subrata Chakrabarty have said the agitation was part of a misguided move and being instigated by the Leftists.
It is claimed by certain quarters that several former teachers have committed suicides following depression. But BJP leaders say there is often concoction of facts.
A few suicides due to marital disputes and extra marital affairs have been linked to dismissal of teachers who lost jobs due to faulty recruitment policy and alleged "malpractice" followed by the Marxist leaders.
State legislator Das pointed out that BJP-led government had given Rs 35000 each to over 8000 teachers for some time who lost job in March 2020. This generosity is never mentioned.
Moreover, alternative jobs were assured provided they appear for mandatory tests.
But the dismissed teachers mostly did not want to appear for any test.
Das says here lies the real catch as - "Most beneficiaries were either Left supporters or from family members of Leftist leaders. There was major lacuna in recruitment process and many of these reluctant former teachers know they will be exposed in any kind of examination".
According to reports, at least 1357 teachers have already got alternate jobs but no government worth its salt can actually help hundreds of those who "probably do not show confidence in appearing for exams again".
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The Marxists have almost left the opposition space. Congress hardly existed and those remaining are now shifting towards Trinamool Congress.
Some of Trinamool's 'advantages and assets' in West Bengal are simply missing here. They do not have Muslim support base - which formed the foundation to take on BJP in West Bengal.
In Tripura, Trinamool will struggle to find 'a face' which is a quarter-like popular and voter-garner as Mamata herself is in her state.
In fact, the slogan ‘Bangla Nijer meye ke chay’ which was supposedly a game-changer in Bengal could also boomerang with tribal voters. There are as many as 20 ST seats in the 60-member assembly.
Moreover, Tripura politics has been always bipolar. Either you stood with the CPI-M or with the Congress.
So if Left gets even its traditional 'hardcore' vote, the going will be tough for Trinamool notwithstanding the social media hype!
In 2018, the Congress was pushed to the margins and hence it was a clear battle again between the communists and the BJP.
Along with Nagaland and Tripura, another northeastern state of Meghalaya too would go to the polls by February-March 2023. In Meghalaya too, the BJP is in the ruling coalition headed by NPP leader Conrad Sangma.
New Delhi:
Living up to its reputation of starting poll preparedness in states well in advance, the
BJP has already set the ball rolling for 2023 elections in saffron party-ruled Tripura and Nagaland,where the party is junior partner to Neiphiu Rio-led regional outfit,NNDP.
Four senior leaders Dilip Saikia, Ajay Jamwal, Vinod Sonkar, and Phanindra Sharma would be landing in Tripura capital Agartala on Monday and will hold a series of meetings with ministers, state office bearers and MLAs in groups and separately for days.
The series of meetings including with state office bearers and leaders in district and Mandal levels will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and beyond.
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| Tripura was once a Left bastion |
The team is also set to visit Khowai district, an erstwhile Leftist bastion and interact with leaders at the ground level.
They are also scheduled for a meeting with elected representatives of Panchayat, zilla parishad and the autonomous district council in tribal areas.
The chalking out of detailed meetings programmes and visit to rural areas is significant as there are talks about a possible cabinet reshuffle.
In between there have been demands for replacing Chief Minister Biplab Deb too.
"The party's central leadership is seized of all relevant issues and matters," a source said declining to elaborate further.
Opposition Left, Congress and lately Trinamool Congress have from time to time have been critical of the performance of Chief Minister Deb, who is generally given out as a reluctant politician.
In Nagaland, BJP's challenges are a bit more complex and unique.
The peace talks with militant group NSCN (IM) have been stalled over the issue of Flag and a separate Constitution even as an umbrella body of seven Naga militant groups NNPG is ready to ink a peace pact with the centre.
NNPG convener N Kitovi Zhimomi recently visited New Delhi.
The political situation in Nagaland between BJP and two regional parties NNDP and NPF hes turned fluid after two regional parties have decided to come together and 'cooperate' giving a broad message of unity and giving a push to the peace process.
A section of BJP leaders do not approve of the idea and especially sounded displeasure at the NPF leaders for making anti-Hindu remarks during 2018 election campaign.
The BJP has 12 MLAs in the 60-member assembly and shares power with NNDP and its nominee Y Patton being the Deputy Chief Minister.
The BJP and its allies are in power in all seven northeastern states - a region which was once the Congress forte.
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| BJP campaign in 2018 |
BJP MLA Sudip Roy Barman organized a meeting of disgruntled party leaders and workers at Tulshibati Girls’ School auditorium on Sunday and announced that from now he would carry forward the grievances and suggestions of the leaders and grassroots workers to the state government and party higher ups. He also ruled out any speculation about his joining the Trinamool Congress.
“The government and the party is not listening to the workers”, he says
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh have also visited the state lately.
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| Can Red survive the double onslaught? |
CPI-M desperate to reconsolidate its strength in Tripura
Gauging the mood, Tripura's principal opposition CPI-M also has geared up of late to regain its position.
For 25 years the Leftists were in power at a stress till they were ousted by BJP in 2018.
CPI-M organised a rally in Belonia on August 28 also two Local Committee Conferences in Unakoti District on August29, Sunday.
Left party is also getting active in Kumarghat town and a rally was organised at Fatikroy Assembly Constituency area.
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