Agartala, March 10 -- Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Assembly and CPM leader Jitendra Chaudhury said it has finalised 27 candidates for the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).

The 28-seat council is currently led by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with the Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma-led Tipra Motha party leading in the council with 16 seats. While the party crosses the majority mark in the council, it is supported by the BJP having 9 members.

Apart from the TTAADC, the bye-polls for the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency is also set to happen, which fell vacant following the demise of Tripura Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen.

"Our agenda is to finalise the candidates f...