Tipra Motha Party founder and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Monday said the outcome of the ongoing Village Committee elections would mark an important step towards returning decision-making power to people at the grassroots.
Speaking as counting of votes continued across Tripura, Pradyot said the election was particularly significant in the context of the long-standing demand for restoration of constitutional rights of indigenous people.
He said the developments represented the culmination of a prolonged struggle, including legal efforts in the Supreme Court to safeguard the constitutional rights of the people.
“Today’s result will restore the power of the grassroots back to the people. The long struggle in the Supreme Court, which I personally fought to ensure that our constitutional rights are restored, has reached an important stage,” he said.
Pradyot maintained that the significance of the election should not be measured only by which political party secures more seats. According to him, the larger outcome would be the restoration of the people’s role in grassroots governance.
“Whichever party wins today, the most important thing is that the people have won. This is the power of Tiprasa,” he said.
Counting for the Village Committee elections is underway at various centres across Tripura, with early trends showing Tipra Motha performing strongly in several areas.
The election assumes importance as Village Committees form an important layer of grassroots administration within the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). The results are expected to shape the political landscape in the council areas and determine the composition of the village-level bodies.
