India, Oct. 8 -- Tripura witnessed a day of high political drama on Wednesday as a delegation of the Trinamool Congress (AITC), led by party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, landed at Agartala's MBB Airport at 11:30 am.

The visit comes amid rising tensions following an attack on the party's state headquarters on Tuesday evening.

Trinamool Congress has historically struggled to expand its footprint in Tripura, with its latest significant participation being the 2021 civic body polls, where the party managed to win just one seat from Ambassa. That lone councillor later joined the ruling BJP.

The recent attack on the AITC state office, allegedly by BJP supporters during a protest March against attacks on BJP leaders in North Bengal, provided the ...