Agartala, Aug 30, 2012 : With less than six months left for the coming assembly elections, emergence of split seems to be only a matter of time within opposition alliance in Tripura. Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), prime ally of Congress in the state politics, is extremely discontented with progress in seat sharing discussion for contesting in the election, sources said inside the party. Speaking to Tripurainfo.com, INPT general secretary Jagdish Debbarma said on Thursday that dialogue for seat sharing is going on between INPT and Congress. The leader, however, visibly expressed dissatisfaction at the progress of dialogue saying that if the larger ally declines to allow reasonable seats to INPT for the elections, they would be left with no other option but to contest alone.
Four separate meetings on the issue between Congress and INPT have gone inconclusive till date with Congress firmly sticking to its stance of rejecting the seats demanded by its ally. INPT contested in 11 seats in 2008 assembly election and emerged victorious in only one. A large section of the Pradesh Congress leaders are averse to experimenting a faint chance of INPT-sentiment in majority of ST reserved seats, especially looking at their massive losses last season.
INPT general secretary Jagdish Debbarma, however, brushed aside the logic that if INPT can’t be considered for larger share of ST reserved seats due to defeat in 2008, so should be Congress. “Congress contested in nine ST reserved assembly constituency seats in 2008 and couldn’t bring even one victory. What should we think about that?” asked a defiant Jagdish. “We are still keeping trust in mutual cooperation and trust. Seat sharing discussion is still going on and there is room for consideration, we believe. It would be too premature to state anything specifically on contesting alone”, he added.
Four separate meetings on the issue between Congress and INPT have gone inconclusive till date with Congress firmly sticking to its stance of rejecting the seats demanded by its ally. INPT contested in 11 seats in 2008 assembly election and emerged victorious in only one. A large section of the Pradesh Congress leaders are averse to experimenting a faint chance of INPT-sentiment in majority of ST reserved seats, especially looking at their massive losses last season.
INPT general secretary Jagdish Debbarma, however, brushed aside the logic that if INPT can’t be considered for larger share of ST reserved seats due to defeat in 2008, so should be Congress. “Congress contested in nine ST reserved assembly constituency seats in 2008 and couldn’t bring even one victory. What should we think about that?” asked a defiant Jagdish. “We are still keeping trust in mutual cooperation and trust. Seat sharing discussion is still going on and there is room for consideration, we believe. It would be too premature to state anything specifically on contesting alone”, he added.
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