Tripura, Sept. 6 -- Tripura chief minister Manik Saha on Saturday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) and TIPRA Motha will jointly contest the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) village committee elections.

This follows a meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah and TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarma in New Delhi. Seat-sharing among the alliance partners is yet to be finalised.

The election for village committees in TTAADC will take place on September 28.

"We had a meeting in New Delhi. Discussion on the tripartite accord was also done. As poll date has been announced, the BJP, IPFT and TIPRA Motha have decided to contest the TTAADC villag...