tripura elections

In a bold assertion, Tripura Congress has charged the BJP-led government with inciting ethnic tensions to destabilize the political landscape as the Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections approach. Party spokesperson Prabir Chakraborty pointed to a contrived narrative aimed at confusing the electorate and generating anxiety, disproportionately affecting at-risk tribal groups and grassroots advocates.

As the Autonomous District Council elections approach in Tripura, excitement builds around the 28 seats awaiting voters. With over 9.62 lakh citizens ready to cast their ballots for 173 candidates, polling teams are stationed under stringent security measures. Authorities are mindful of sensitive polling locations, ensuring the presence of Central Armed Police Forces to maintain peace.

Schools and colleges across several states will remain closed on April 9, 2026, due to Assembly elections, with Kerala and Puducherry announcing a complete shutdown. The holiday extends to offices and businesses to support polling. Other states, including Assam, Karnataka, Nagaland, and Tripura, may see localised closures depending on polling arrangements and administrative decisions.

In the run-up to the ADC elections, South Tripura's Santirbazar witnessed a surge of unrest as a peaceful nomination filing march devolved into chaos. An altercation sparked when a vehicle associated with TIPRA Motha collided with a BJP motorcycle, escalating tensions and resulting in injuries to around ten party personnel and supporters from both camps.

As the tribal council elections in Tripura approach, the glaring gender disparity becomes apparent, with merely three women nominated by the five leading parties. This significant underrepresentation ignites discussions on true women's empowerment. While political parties tout their commitment to inclusivity, their candidate selections tell a different tale, intensifying worries about the involvement of women in the electoral process.

In a bold move for the Tripura ADC elections, the Left Front has introduced candidates for 28 seats, featuring an impressive lineup of 22 newcomers. They have voiced serious concerns about rampant rigging and corruption in previous elections and are calling out the current TIPRA Motha-BJP administration.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the last mega election rally of BJP here on Monday, claimed that there is not a single family in Tripura which was excluded from the benefit of BJP's "double-engine" government.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday directed Tripura chief secretary and director general of police to immediately remove three police officers for not taking appropriate action in case of an attack on a Congress rally held on January 18.

Saha, a former Congressman who joined BJP in 2016, was made the party's state president four years later and within the next two years he was made the chief minister replacing Bilpab Kumar Deb. Before joining mainstream politics, Saha used to teach at Tripura Medical College.

Congress' recent poll debacle in Tripura has exposed major cracks in the state unit which is now facing serious dissidence in party ranks.

The high-pitch campaigning for control of Tripura finally came to an end on Friday afternoon, 48 hours before the end on polling on Sunday.

SP (Dhalai) SR Das said, "He was found at Gandacherra in the Raima Valley assembly constituency area even after campaigning came to an end at 4 pm.

Out of the total 297 candidates contesting the Tripura assembly polls, 22 have got criminal cases against them, an NGO working for democratic reforms claimed. There are grave charges eg rioting, murder, criminal intimidation and rape against 17 candidates, said a study by the NGO, Tripura Election Watch.

Trinamool Congress’s resolution to “revoke” Meghalaya’s border pact with Assam for settling the five-decade-long interstate boundary dispute, if voted to power in Meghalaya, has annoyed the party’s Assam unit leaders.

More than 90% of Tripura’s electorate came out to vote and elect a new 60-member assembly on Thursday.

"I urge the electorate to vote against both CPM and BJP and choose Congress to bring a meaningful change in the politics of the country.

Sources in the Congress say that its two senior leaders here, Sudip Roy Barman and Ratan Lal Nath, are constantly at loggerheads and have their own factions.

Polling parties left for the booths amid high security to conduct elections in 3,328 polling stations across 60 assembly constituencies, chief electoral officer Kiran Gitte said on Wednesday. There will be tight vigil both inside and outside the booths, while TSR and police patrol have been intensified in all the localities to ensure the safe arrival of voters.