Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra

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Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
AbbreviationINPT
Leader Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl
PresidentBijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl
Chairperson Jagadish Debbarma
Secretary Jagadish Debbarma
Founder Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl
Founded2002
Dissolved2021
Split from Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
Preceded by Tripura National Volunteers
Merged into The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance
HeadquartersPragati Road, krishnagar, Agartala-799100,Tripura, India
Youth wing Indigenous Youth Federation of Twipra
Ideology Tripuri nationalism
Political position Centre
Colours 
ECI StatusRegional Party
Seats in 
Seats in 
Election symbol
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Party flag
INPT-flag.svg
Website
www.inpt/tripura.com

The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (abbr. INPT) was a political party in the Indian state of Tripura. Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl was the President of the party. [1] It merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Alliance (TIPRA) party on 11 June 2021. [2] [3] [4]

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History

The INPT was formed as a merger of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura and the Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti in 2002.[ citation needed ]

The formation of the INPT was pushed through after pressure from the underground National Liberation Front of Tripura, who wanted to unite all tribal nationalist forces in a single party. The INPT was commonly and wrongly perceived as the political wing of NLFT.[ citation needed ]

Prominent politicians

Past results

TTAADC

As IPFT had a majority in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, INPT came to govern that institution until 2003.[ citation needed ]

INPT suffered a serious setback in the summer of 2003, when a group of TTAAADC members under the leadership of Hiren Tripura broke away and formed the National Socialist Party of Tripura. One high-ranking INPT leader, Shyamcharan Tripura, took the side of the dissidents. NSPT were able to, with support from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) members in TTAADC, to win a majority in the assembly and INPT formed the opposition.[ citation needed ]

Tripura State Legislative Assembly

In the state assembly elections in 2003 INPT was allied with the Indian National Congress. INPT launched 18 candidates and Congress 42. Six INPT candidates were elected, and in total the party received 189 186 votes. The elections were won by the Left Front. After the 12th Assembly Election held in 2018, INPT has no representatives in the Tripura State Legislative Assembly.[ citation needed ]

Lok Sabha (parliamentary elections)

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 INPT joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance. INPT supported the Nationalist Trinamool Congress and BJP candidates in the election.[ citation needed ]

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References

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