Spotlight On Tripura's Tribal Parties, Before Lok Sabha Elections

Weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the spotlight has focused on Tripura's tribal-based parties since the indigenous people have always played a significant role in the state.
BJP and the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), have continued their talks over seat-sharing even as they are adamant on fielding their own candidates for the state's two Lok Sabha seats -- Tripura West and Tripura East.
Separately, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), the state's oldest tribal-based party, and leaders of other tribal-centric outfits, have also held inconclusive talks with the central leaders of the Congress, including its President, Rahul Gandhi, earlier this week in Delhi.
Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma and Education and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath, both senior BJP leaders, held several hours-long meeting with the IPFT leaders on Thursday, but the seat sharing hurdles remained unresolved.

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