Agartala (Tripura): Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varman who also holds the charge of BJP Jananjati Morcha Prabhari on Sunday revealed that the common minimum programme set between BJP and IPFT prior to the election has not included IPFT’s demand of Tipraland and observed that the new alliance that was formed a few days back between IPFT and Pradyot Kishore Debbarman’s TIPRA was a “reunion of the dissenting factions of the IPFT that left the party due to some internal reasons best known to them”.
“People like Buddha Debbarma, Chitta Debbarma were once affiliated to the IPFT. But, later they left the party followed by some internal reasons for which they are the best persons to talk about. And, the joint press conference that has been held a few days back, all the dissenters have been seen in the same picture—it is like a reunion as per my observations”, Dev Varma said.
On being asked specifically whether the BJP and IPFT would fight the elections together, he said, “BJP is a positive party and it handles every situation with positivity. We are hopeful that the alliance between BJP and IPFT shall remain intact but there some factors that require attention to be paid. This is a dynamic alliance not like the Left Front where the junior allies like RSP and Forward Bloc have been nowhere”.