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His party, the Tipra Motha Party, contests 42 of the 60 total seats in the state.
Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, leader of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), which has called for a separate state for indigenous communities, 'Greater Tipraland', could become a kingmaker in the upcoming state assembly elections. All eyes are on the scion of the former Tripura royal family and former president of the state Congress, and his party of two years, as they aggressively campaign for the tribes, which make up about 32 percent of the population of the state, it could actually provoke the latent tribal sentiment of losing electoral relevance due to the influx of refugees from East Bengal since partition and during the establishment of Bangladesh.
