Tripura: Pradyot Debbarman calls for TIPRA-IPFT merger 

Agartala: TIPRA chief Pradyot Kishore Debbarman has urged the ruling party ally IPFT to unite and fight elections with one symbol citing similarities in the political demands of both parties.

“We have similar political demands. It doesn’t matter what would be the name of the new political entity after unification. I am ready to give up the name of our party. But, since we are on the same page with our political demands, we should fight polls with one symbol,” said Debbarman.

The royal scion called for merger days after IPFT doyen Narendra Chandra Debbarma passed away due to a cerebral stroke. “NC Debbarma has passed away. May his soul attain peace. I would like to urge the IPFT supporters to unite with us. Our unity will make the people in power hear our voices. All of us should speak in the same language while pressing for our demands,” the chairman of the TTAADC’s ruling party told his supporters during his maiden social media message of the year.