‘Historical Blunder’: Pradyot Says India Missed Opportunities to Secure Tripura’s Lost Territories

Tipra Motha Party founder Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma says, "...Before the partition of India, we had decided that we would become an integral part of India. At that time, the Government of India should have pushed for the inclusion of parts of the Kingdom of Tripura, which the Maharaja and the Rajmata were subsequently ready to merge with India. But the Government of India, for whatever reason, did not include parts of East Pakistan, which today could have been very beneficial for our state, our Northeast, and our country. Today, we are landlocked... Another chance came in 1971, when 90,000 Pakistani soldiers were in India's custody; we could have negotiated at that time. But we did not do it even then. Opportunities like this do not come repeatedly, and we lost this opportunity. This is a historical blunder. I do not want to politically blame anyone, but we must all accept the fact that today the Northeast is geographically isolated because the Government of India did not press hard enough to acquire territories that should have been part of India...An inseparable, historical part of ours was separated, and now it should be rejoined. Why should we only talk about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir? A lot has happened in our East as well, which was wrong." #PradyotDebBarma #PradyotBikramManikya #TipraMotha #Tripura #TripuraNews #HistoricalBlunder **************************************** Please keep discussions on this channel clean and respectful and refrain from using racist or sexist slurs as well as personal insults. Subscribe to our YouTube channel:    / northeastliveyt   Follow us on: Website: https://northeastlivetv.com/ Facebook:   / northeastlivetv   Twitter:   / nelivetv   Instagram:   / northeastlivetv2018