GUWAHATI/AGARTALA: The BJP and the NC Debbarma faction of Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) on Friday struck a seat-sharing deal for the February 18 assembly election via agreeing to split 20 seats reserved for tribals similarly among themselves. BJP will field candidates in the remaining 40 seats as well.
The building got here after a seven-hour-long assembly which began right here on Thursday evening and persevered till Friday morning. There are 60 seats in Tripura, out of which 20 are reserved for STs and 10 for SCs. The rest are for common candidates.
"We had asked for 22 seats. But at the seat-sharing meeting, it was decided that we would contest in 10 and BJP in the other 10 in tribal areas. We expect to get one or two seats more," IPFT leader NC Debbarma instructed TOI on Friday. Debbarma mentioned that BJP had to get the seat-sharing pact authorized via its leadership in Delhi. After the tie-up, BJP won't best friend with different tribal events - Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), National Council of Tripura (NCT) and IPFT (Tripraha) faction.
The building got here after a seven-hour-long assembly which began right here on Thursday evening and persevered till Friday morning. There are 60 seats in Tripura, out of which 20 are reserved for STs and 10 for SCs. The rest are for common candidates.
"We had asked for 22 seats. But at the seat-sharing meeting, it was decided that we would contest in 10 and BJP in the other 10 in tribal areas. We expect to get one or two seats more," IPFT leader NC Debbarma instructed TOI on Friday. Debbarma mentioned that BJP had to get the seat-sharing pact authorized via its leadership in Delhi. After the tie-up, BJP won't best friend with different tribal events - Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), National Council of Tripura (NCT) and IPFT (Tripraha) faction.
IPFT faction, BJP agree on seat sharing
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