Tipra Motha MLA criticises Pradyot over Pushpabanta Palace hotel project

Tipra Motha MLA Chitta Ranjan Debbarma, who has been distancing himself from the party for months, has publicly criticised party founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya for participating in the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a hotel project at the site of Pushpabanta Palace, which had housed Governors for many years. Mr. Debbarma alleged that Mr. Pradyot, who had earlier hit the streets against the State government’s decision to hand over the royal-era summer palace and surrounding land to the Taj Group of Hotels, appeared to have changed his stand by attending the ceremony.