India, Aug. 8 -- Founder of TIPRA Motha party Pradyot Kishore Debbarma on Friday said that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) could have used Tripura's two militant groups after the Sheikh Hasina government fell in Bangladesh if the two groups hadn't signed a peace deal with the government last year.

"It's been a year since the peace deal was signed by ATTF (All Tripura Tiger Force) and NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) and Govt of India . It's also been a year since our well wishers (Sheikh Hasina) lost power in Bangladesh to an anti-India sentiment, can we imagine what could have happened if this accord was not signed before her government was ousted , ISI could have used them to create further trouble in the region...