Ahead of state elections, resigning of MLAs from BJP’s ally IPFT continues
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09 November, 2022 11:45 am IST
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Ahead of assembly polls in Tripura, an exodus of MLAs from BJP’s ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) continues as former minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia resigned from state assembly on Tuesday.
He is the third legislator from IPFT to exit the party since last year.
“I have decided to resign from the membership of the Tripura legislative assembly of 26 Ashrambari Assembly Constituency (ST) from my capacity. Therefore, this letter may be treated as my resignation from your disposal and oblige thereby,” Mevar Kumar Jamatia wrote in his resignation letter. The reason behind his resignation is yet to be known.
Jamatia claimed that thousands of posts were lying vacant in the state, which the BJP-led government didn’t fill despite the promise of providing 50 thousand jobs every year. “I work for the people. I wanted to do something for the people. Since all these were not happening, I resigned,” said Jamatia.
Mevar served as the forest and fisheries minister in former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s cabinet, but was dropped in the new cabinet led by Manik Saha in May this year.
Last month, Dhananjoy Tripura, who won the 2018 polls from Raimavalley assembly constituency in Dhalai district on an IPFT ticket, left the party to join royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma’s party TIPRA Motha. A year ago, IPFT legislator Brishaketu Debbarma too left the party to join TIPRA Motha. He won the previous elections from Simna constituency.
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