AGARTALA, Aug 23 (TIWN): Tripura BJP’s political ally IPFT party staged a protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar seeking a separate state for tribals. The protest marked IPFT’s annual statehood day observation which it observed every year on August 23rd. Talking to media at Jantar Mantar, IPFT President Prem Kumar Reang said, “We (ST population) were always majority in number in Tripura until 1971 when Govt of India accepted the refugees as Indian. We respect the decision of the government but now we want a separate state covering the ST reserved ADC areas.”