Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | |
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| Abbreviation | TUJS |
| Founder | Harinath Debbarma Shyama Charan Tripura[1] |
| Founded | 10 June 1977[2] |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Succeeded by | |
| Ideology | Tripuri nationalism |
| Alliance | INC |
| Colors | |
| 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly Election | 7 / 60
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| Election symbol | |
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Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti ("Tripura Tribal Youth Association") was a political party in the Indian state of Tripura from 1977–2001. During 1988-93, the Indian National Congress (INC) formed a coalition government with the TUJS at the Tripura Legislative Assembly. In 2001, TUJS dissolved and split to form Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra & Indigenous People's Front of Tripura.
Electoral performance
The INC-TUJS coalition together won 32 out of the 60 seats at the 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election.[3]
Notable leaders
- Shyama Charan Tripura
- Harinath Debbarma
- Nagendra Jamatia
- Drao Kumar Riang
- Budha Debbarma
- Rabindra Debbarma
- Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl
References
- ^ "Tripura, the land of fourteen gods and million statues". www.tripura.org.in. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-19-997489-4. Retrieved 13 April 2020.