{"id":287657,"date":"2023-02-16T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/16\/king-of-my-own-world-tripura-ex-royal-to-ndtv-on-secret-alliance-charge\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T07:25:00","slug":"king-of-my-own-world-tripura-ex-royal-to-ndtv-on-secret-alliance-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/16\/king-of-my-own-world-tripura-ex-royal-to-ndtv-on-secret-alliance-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;King Of My Own World&#8221;: Tripura Ex Royal To NDTV On Secret Alliance Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/vqjtkigg_pradyot-manikya_625x300_16_February_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"&quot;My Line, Like NDTV, Is Trust&quot;: Tripura Ex Royal On 'Kingmaker' Talk\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"&quot;My Line, Like NDTV, Is Trust&quot;: Tripura Ex Royal On 'Kingmaker' Talk\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"&quot;My Line, Like NDTV, Is Trust&quot;: Tripura Ex Royal On 'Kingmaker' Talk\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/vqjtkigg_pradyot-manikya_625x300_16_February_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-16T13:19:05+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=682728&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/16022023_n_PradyotDebbarma_149153_122813_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T8M48S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/vqjtkigg_pradyot-manikya_625x300_16_February_23.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=682728&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Pradyot Manikya was speaking to NDTV in an exclusive interview on voting day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Agartala: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tipra Motha leader Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, whose party is being seen as the x-factor in this Tripura election, today ruled out the BJP&#8217;s claims of a tacit understanding with the Congress-CPM alliance and said his loyalty lies only with his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive chat with NDTV, Mr Debbarma said he has old friends in many parties, including the Congress, and he had been greeting them whenever he met them during poll meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if such meetings were indications of any political understanding as alleged by the BJP, he replied, &#8220;I am the king of my own world. I don&#8217;t have to listen to (BJP chief JP) Nadda ji, I don&#8217;t have to listen to Sonia ji, I have to listen to my inner voice. I am an independent leader of my own party. I don&#8217;t have to go by the diktats by what the Home Minister says or what Congress president Kharge ji says. I am going to go with what my heart says. It is my personal decision. I do not have to listen to any orders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The remark comes against the backdrop of Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s charge that Tipra Motha has a &#8220;secret understanding&#8221; with the Congress and the CPM and that voting for the tribal party means voting for the Communists.<\/p>\n<p>Tipra Motha is contesting 42 out of the 60 Assembly seats. This includes the 20 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates. In 2018, the BJP and its ally Indigenous People&#8217;s Front of Tripura (IPFT) won 18 of these 20 seats. Mr Debbarma, a scion of the Tripura&#8217;s ersthwhile royal family, said this time the BJP was in for a &#8220;rude shock&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the crowd in his rallies would convert into votes in the ballot, he replied, &#8220;If rallies are not a factor, then why is (Prime Minister) Modi ji not holding street corner meetings?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of the seats Tipra Motha is contesting are outside the tribal belt and rivals have scoffed and predicted a drab show. The leader, however,\u00a0said he is confident of an all-round good show. &#8220;Tipra Motha is the most inclusive party. We have given it to tribals, Bengalis, Scheduled Castes, Manipuris.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To a question on whether he fears a counter polarisation of Bengali votes since his party has been pushing its statehood demand for a Greater Tipraland, Mr Debbarma said, &#8220;I am not against Bengalis. The people who are against the Bengalis are in the BJP. Their vice-president wanted Biplab Deb, a former Chief Minister, deported to Bangladesh. IPFT stands for polarisation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that his family never differentiated between people, he said, &#8220;We will always stand for an inclusive society. What we want is a political separation of Tripura so that people living in the autonomous areas (Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council), including Bengalis, Muslims, tea garden workers, Manipuris, they get their rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to the election, Tipra Motha had held discussions with the BJP on forging an alliance, but the talks hit an impasse over the separate state demand.<\/p>\n<p>Asked which party he would side with it if the multi-cornered poll fight throws up a hung result, he said he would not budge from his party&#8217;s core demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to media, I have a very soft corner for NDTV and when it comes to parties, I have a very soft corner for people who have voted for us, who have hoped that we will not betray our movement. I will only stick with them and not with any political party. If they give us a Constitutional solution, we will talk, but if they don&#8217;t, I would rather sit in the Opposition than betray the movement and the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;My line is Tipra Motha, like NDTV&#8217;s line is trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On his mimicry skills, he said, &#8220;Mimicry is an art. You observe and then you improvise. I have always had an open heart, I have always met everyone. I am not a typical politician. I think the time has come when politicians behave more like human beings, common people rather than sitting in their palaces and thrones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged that a BJP MLA had entered one of the polling booths and had tried to snatch voters&#8217; identity cards. &#8220;This is normal, they did this in the Lok Sabha (polls), but I don&#8217;t think you can intimidate 2.2 million people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the BJP&#8217;s claims that poll malpractices occurred during the CPM rule, he said, &#8220;That&#8217;s why the people were disgusted and voted for the BJP. The BJP should have learnt that the Left was routed because of intimidation. People don&#8217;t like bullies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/pradyot-manikya-tripura-election-tipra-motha-king-of-my-own-world-tripura-ex-royal-to-ndtv-on-secret-alliance-charge-3787270\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Pradyot Manikya was speaking to NDTV in an exclusive interview on voting day Agartala: Tipra Motha leader Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, whose party is being seen as the x-factor in this Tripura election, today ruled out the BJP&#8217;s claims of a tacit understanding with the Congress-CPM alliance and said his loyalty lies only with his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[349995,347667,337412],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}