Agartala (Tripura) [India], Tipra Motha founder and Tripura royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman on Wednesday hit back at the Congress party after allegations were made against his sister's surname, saying it is Indian tradition to adopt the husband's surname. . Responding to a question on the Congress party's allegations, Debbarman said, "We are from India. Here daughters take their husband's surname after marriage. Indira Gandhi was not born with the surname Gandhi. When she got married to Firoz When she was born to Gandhi, she was given this surname." Husband's surname as per Indian traditions The same logic applies to Sonia Gandhi as well. Priyanka Gandhi also uses Vadra surname with her name. She got this surname from her husband. Debbarman also said that she is a member of the Congress. He respects senior leaders a lot and never said anything against Rahul Gandhi or other senior Congress leaders. He appealed to the voters to vote on the election day in view of the ongoing heat wave situation in Tripura. It has been asked to arrange adequate facilities.“Proper sheds and water arrangements should be made for voters as we may see hot weather,” said Sai Debbarman. Notably, Debbarman's elder sister, Kriti Singh is a candidate from the ruling BJP-TIPRA Motha alliance in the East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency. She was born in Shillong, educated till class ten and married Yogeshwar Raj Singh of the Rajkot royal family of Chhattisgarh. According to Election Commission of India records, she was identified as Kriti Devi Singh, who had contested the 2018 elections. Contested the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Kawardha constituency.But BJP identified him as Kriti Singh Debbarman. It is also worth noting here that the vocal campaign for East Tripura is ending on Wednesday. Elections for the high profile seat are to be held on April 26. The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was held on April 19 and the remaining phases of the elections will continue on different dates till June 1 to elect 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.Lok Sabha. Results will be declared on June 4