BJP expels vice-president Patal Kanya Jamatia for anti-party activities

The ruling BJP’s firebrand tribal leader and vice-president of the state unit, Patal Kanya Jamatia has been expelled from the party for her anti-party activities, who has formed another political party on Monday.

Through a press statement BJP on Tuesday said as per the order of the party’s state president Rajib Bhattacharjee, signed by party’s general secretary Amit Rakshit , the vice-president of the state unit of the party, Patal Kanya Jamatia has been expelled from the party for her anti-party and in-disciplinary activities.

After joining the BJP, Patal Kanya Jamatia was given a ticket for the 2023 state legislative assembly elections from the Ampinagar ST-reserved seat in Gomati district.

Patal Kanya, who started as a tribal rights activist, founded the Tripura People’s Front (TPF) in June 2014. She filed petitions with the Supreme Court regarding alleged large-scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh into Tripura and sought the court’s intervention to identify anyone who came to Tripura after July 1948, treat them as illegal immigrants, and deport them.

After joining the BJP, she was given a ticket for the 2023 state legislative assembly elections from the Ampinagar ST-reserved seat in Gomati district. She lost the election but was later appointed chairperson of the Tripura Rehabilitation Plantation Corporation Limited (TRPCL).

It may be recalled here that on Monday, Patal Kanya has announced the formation of a new political party Tripura People's Socialist Party (TPSP) during a press conference at Agartala press club and claiming it would be under the saffron party’s umbrella. The BJP also said a decision would be taken after discussions among its leaders. But, on Tuesday, the state committee of BJP noticing her anti-party activities, who was served a show-cause, notice from BJP after she tarnish the images and personally attacked Tipra-Motha’s supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, who is alliance partner of BJP government in Tripura.