Ruling ally IPFT MLA Dhananjay Tripura resigns from state assembly, will join Tipra-Motha

In another sudden political development and yet another big blow to the regional Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) , ruling alliance of BJP-IPFT Tripura government, IPFT MLA from Raima Valley constituency (Gandacherra) Dhananjay Tripura on Friday submitted his resignation as MLA from the state assembly and joined the ‘Tipra Motha’ party.

Dhananjay Tripura along with Tipra-Motha’s supremo and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma appeared in the chamber of assembly speaker Ratan Chakraborty and formally tendered his resignation personally as required.

Later, speaking with media persons, Assembly speaker Ratan Chakraborty said that his resignation has been accepted and soon a gazette notification will be issued by the state’s assembly.

After submitting his resignation, Pradyot Kishore speaking with media persons said that Dhananjoy Tripura and a few other leaders of different political parties, would join Tipra-Motha on Saturday.

Dhananjoy Tripura (32), who was elected from the Raima Valley Assembly constituency in Dhalai district in the 2018 assembly polls, is the second IPFT MLA to quit the Assembly since last year.

IPFT MLA Brishaketu Debbarma also resigned from the Assembly in June last year and joined the TIPRA, reducing the party's (IPFT) strength to seven.

Dhananjoy Tripura is the sixth MLA of the BJP-IPFT ruling alliance who stepped down from the assembly. Earlier BJP MLAs Burba Mohan Tripura, Ashish Das, Sudip Roy Barman, and Ashish Kumar Saha also quit the party and the Assembly membership after open differences with then Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who resigned on May 14 following the instructions of the party's central leadership.

Ashish Das, later joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last year and May this year Sudip Roy Barman, also a former BJP Minister and Ashish Kumar Saha joined the Congress in February this year after submitting their resignation as MLAs.

Sudip Roy Barman was re-elected to the state assembly for the sixth time in the by-elections held in June as a Congress candidate. Burba Mohan Tripura after his submission of resignation letter as MLA, joined Tipra-Motha.