Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Tipra Motha Chief Pradyot Debbarma to Exit Active Politics
Pradyot Debbarma leads the Tipra Motha Party in Tripura.
He said he plans to stop taking part in active politics after next month because of health problems.
He said he will still speak up if he believes Tiprasa people are treated unfairly.
He wants the central government to start carrying out the Tiprasa Accord.
He said the government had promised to begin after Durga Puja.
His party recently won village committee elections, though the report gives conflicting totals for the results.
Debbarma asked party workers to hold a rally next month.
He also said people in the villages can now have elected local bodies after a decade without them.
Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said health reasons would lead him to leave active politics after next month.
He said he would remain a “conscious keeper” of the Tiprasa people and speak up against injustice.
Debbarma urged the Centre to begin implementing the Tiprasa Accord, saying a commitment had been made to start after Durga Puja.
He asked party workers to organise a rally next month and said he would address it from a political platform for the last time.
The report gives conflicting village-election results: it says TMP won 4,328 seats, but also says the NDA won 4,320 of 4,594 seats.
- Who
- Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, chief of the Tipra Motha Party.
- What
- He announced he would leave active politics after next month, citing health reasons, while continuing to speak up for Tiprasa people.
- When
- The announcement was reported on October 6; he said he would leave active politics after next month.
- Where
- Tripura, India.
- Why
- Debbarma cited health issues and said he would continue advocating for Tiprasa people and implementation of the Tiprasa Accord.
Debbarma and TMP
Centre's stated commitment
Implementing the Tiprasa Accord
Debbarma and TMP
Debbarma urged the Centre to honour its commitment and begin implementing the accord, saying indigenous people had waited patiently for it.
Centre's stated commitment
Debbarma said Amit Shah had assured him, in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha, that implementation would start after Durga Puja; the report does not include a response from the Centre.
Indigenous rights and communal harmony
Debbarma and TMP
Debbarma said legitimate rights, including land rights, must be protected for indigenous people in tribal council areas.
Centre's stated commitment
He also said he was not speaking against any community and opposed disruption of communal harmony; the report does not present a contrary position.
- Party
- Tipra Motha Party (TMP)
- Announced departure
- After next month
- Reason given
- Health issues
- Accord
- Tiprasa Accord, signed by TMP, the Union government and the Tripura government in March 2024
- Implementation commitment
- Debbarma said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had promised implementation would start after Durga Puja.
- Village committee elections
- The report says elections were held for 587 village committees after 10 years without elected bodies.
- Reported seat totals
- The article gives inconsistent figures: TMP is credited with 4,328 seats, while it also says the NDA won 4,320 of 4,594 seats.