New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Tipra Motha Party founder Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma has termed the failure to integrate key parts of the erstwhile Kingdom of Tripura into India during the 1947 Partition and the 1971 Indo-Pak war as a "historical blunder," asserting that discussions about reclaiming separated Indian territories should not remain confined to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Deb Barma emphasised that the royal family was willing to merge its historical territories with India, but a lack of decisive action by the then Central government left the Northeast geographically isolated and landlocked.

Speaking on the issue, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma said, "...Before the partition of India, we had decided that we would become an...