Amit Shah meets Tipra Motha leader Pradyot Kishore Debbarma :::::: Dr Manik Saha sworn in as Chief Minister

Amit Shah meets Tipra Motha leader Pradyot Kishore Debbarma 

In a key development vis-a-vis welfare measures for the tribals in Tripura, Home Minister Amit Shah along with Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha and BJP chief J.P Nadda held talks with Tipra Motha chief at Agartala on Wednesday.

Assam chief minister and NEDA convener Himanta Biswa Sarma was also present in the meeting.

Talking to reporters in Agartala, BJP leader and national spokesman Sambit Patra later said that a series of talks will be held with alliance partner Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, Tipra Motha and other social organisations on the issues related to tribals in the state.

To a media query, whether the Motha leader Pradyot wants the deputy chief minister's post, Sambit Patra said that no such demand was made during the meeting. He said Mr Amit Shah also met former state minister late N.C. Debbarma's daughter Jayanti Debbarma and BJP leader Patalkanya Jamatia. 

Mr Pradyot Kishore later wrote on the social media that the Home Minister has started the "process for a constitutional solution for the indigenous people of Tripura. An interlocutor for this process will be appointed  and this will be within a specific time frame". 

Tipra Motha won 13 seats having polled 22 percent of votes in the Feb 16 polls.

Sambit Patra also stated that the solution to the issues of tribals in Tripura will be drawn out based on the slogan of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’.

Dr Manik Saha sworn in as Chief Minister : PM Modi attends the grand ceremony

Tinku Roy, Bikash Debbarma, Sudhangshu Das, Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy, Santana Chakma and Sushanta Chowdhury take oath as Ministers in Agartala.

Manoj Deb (MLA from Kamalpur) and Bhagaban Das dropped.  

In the February 16 Assembly polls, the BJP won 32 seats while its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura got one.

Saha was re-elected from the Town Bordowali seat for the second time after defeating his nearest Congress opponent Ashish Kumar Saha by a margin of 1,257 votes. Manik Saha was first elected to the state Assembly in the by-poll held in June last year by defeating Ashish Kumar Saha by a margin of 6,104 votes.

The 70-year-old BJP leader, who was also the state unit chief of the BJP and Rajya Sabha member for a brief period, took oath as the chief minister last year on May 15, a day after former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from the top post.