Written by, April 25 -- Mrinal Kanti Banik

Agartala: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest the upcoming Village Council (VC) elections in areas under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) without any alliance, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters after chairing an organisational meeting at the party's state headquarters, Saha said the decision to go solo in the TTAADC polls had been reviewed and reaffirmed by the party leadership.

"Our decision to contest the elections alone was right, and we still stand by it. We are of the opinion that in the Village Council elections as well, we shall go for a solo fight," he said.

Village Councils function as rural local bodies i...