Tripura Tribal Council Polls

A new political landmark was set in Tripura last week when the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance -- a party formed by former state Congress chief and Tripura's royal scion Pradyot Manikya Deb Burman -- won the tribal council polls.

The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats

The state election commission has deferred a Tripura district council poll by two days to April 6, following objections by some political parties and a body of the Christian community to the earlier date which coincided with Easter Sunday.

Elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on April 4, the State Election Commission said on Tuesday.

Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.

A new political landmark was set in Tripura last week when the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance -- a party formed by former state Congress chief and Tripura's royal scion Pradyot Manikya Deb Burman -- won the tribal council polls.

The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats

The state election commission has deferred a Tripura district council poll by two days to April 6, following objections by some political parties and a body of the Christian community to the earlier date which coincided with Easter Sunday.

Elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on April 4, the State Election Commission said on Tuesday.

Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.