The Tripura unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has snapped ties with Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura and decided to contest the forthcoming panchayat elections in the state alone, a party spokesman said on Saturday.
The decision was taken in the party’s extended meeting held here Friday, because the allies could not work in coordination during the last Lok Sabha elections in the state. The INPT remained inactive and did not show any interest to work in favour of the BJP candidate, who contested from the East Tripura constituency, BJP spokesman Sudhindra Dasgupta said adding that the party has decided to contest in the forthcoming panchayat elections scheduled to held later this year alone.
Dasgupta said they are also not interested to continue their poll alliance with Trinamool Congress because “it showed a very poor performence in the last Lok Sabha elections”.