Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
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The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura was a political party
in the India
n state of Tripura
. Formed on June 9, 1997 when the Tripura Hill People's Party
and Tripura Tribal National Conference merged. Initially the Tripura National Volunteers
of Bijoy Hrangkwal was supposed to merge into the IPFT, but they withdrew from the project. Debabrata Koloi, the THPP leader, became the IPFT general secretary.
IPFT gained its political breakthrough in the elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
in 2000. The underground terrorist outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura
had declared that only IPFT would be allowed to contest the elections. The only ones to defy the NLFT diktat were the Left Front
, in spite of a series of assassinations, death threats and kidnappings. The elections were won by IPFT, largely due to the support from NLFT. TNV supported IPFT in the elections.
Shortly after the elections TNV joined IPFT. In 2001 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti merged with IPFT to form the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, after pressure from NLFT.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Tripura
Tripura
Tripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are...
. Formed on June 9, 1997 when the Tripura Hill People's Party
Tripura Hill People's Party
The Tripura Hill People's Party is a Tripuri nationalist political party in the Tripura region of India....
and Tripura Tribal National Conference merged. Initially the Tripura National Volunteers
Tripura National Volunteers
Tripura National Volunteers was a Tripuri nationalist militant group in the Tripura region of India that launched an armed struggle in the early 1980s to separate Tripura from India. TNV was led by Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl.TNV surrendered in 1988 and integrated themselves into a political party...
of Bijoy Hrangkwal was supposed to merge into the IPFT, but they withdrew from the project. Debabrata Koloi, the THPP leader, became the IPFT general secretary.
IPFT gained its political breakthrough in the elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council is an independent council administering the tribal areas of the state of Tripura, India...
in 2000. The underground terrorist outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura
National Liberation Front of Tripura
The National Liberation Front of Tripura is a Tripuri nationalist militant organization based in Tripura, India.The NLFT seeks to secede from India and establish an independent Tripuri state, and has actively participated in the Tripura Rebellion...
had declared that only IPFT would be allowed to contest the elections. The only ones to defy the NLFT diktat were the Left Front
Left Front
The Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. After a 34-year reign in West Bengal, the Left Front was swept from power in the 2011 election...
, in spite of a series of assassinations, death threats and kidnappings. The elections were won by IPFT, largely due to the support from NLFT. TNV supported IPFT in the elections.
Shortly after the elections TNV joined IPFT. In 2001 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti merged with IPFT to form the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, after pressure from NLFT.