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Tipra Motha laminitis and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya has stoked a contention pursuing his remarks connected restoring the “Tripura kingdom”. Mr. Manikya urged Tiprasa radical to support thansa (unity) among themselves to retrieve mislaid glory.
“I spot a representation of Maharaja Bir Bikram here. He was the king of Tripura, but contiguous idiosyncratic other is the king,” Mr. Manikya said astatine a gathering of the indigenous peoples’ Kshatriya Samaj successful Charilam, Sepahijala territory connected Saturday (January 17, 2026).
Wearing a pagdi (turban) and holding a ‘court sword’, the royal made the code earlier hundreds of supporters who habitually code him arsenic ‘Bubagra’ (king).
Mr. Manikya is known to make contention via rhetoric. Opposition parties, including the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress, however, blasted him for manipulating the sentiments of indigenous radical to summation his larger governmental mileage, and negociate presumption with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
HIs party, the Tipra Motha, is portion of the BJP-led three-party conjugation government, and is the ruling enactment successful the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). Elections to the TTAADC and Village Committees are expected to instrumentality spot soon.
Tension is moving precocious successful the hills and interior areas of the State, with the Tipra Motha trying to clasp its position, and the BJP often organising governmental events to grow its base. Supporters of the 2 parties often clash, sometimes violently, inviting involution by the information forces.
