Tripura: Sans TIPRA, BJP would have won 50 seats, says Pradyot

Agartala: In an attempt to dispel the veiled attacks of the opposition parties branding TIPRA Motha as a “vote cutter”, party supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarman on Friday said that had TIPRA been not in the poll contest, BJP would have won 50 assembly seats with ease.

Debbarman made the statement while interacting with the media persons followed by the oath-taking ceremony of party MLAs at the state assembly hall. Pro-tem Speaker Binay Bhusan Das administered the oath of office to new MLAs.

“The polls surveys have clearly indicated that the majority of the Hindu Bengalis have voted for BJP in Tripura. And, the minority vote went Left-Congress combine. The voters of the tribal communities have voted for TIPRA en masse,” he said.