Agartala, Sept. 9 -- Despite forming alliances with both tribal-based parties in the hills, the ruling BJP failed to submit nominations for 57pc of the total seats in the upcoming Village Committee (VC) elections under Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC).
According to the State Election Commission report released after the completion of the nomination process today, the BJP fielded candidates for 1,974 seats, representing 42.9pc of the total count, while the ADC's ruling party, TIPRA Motha, submitted nominations for 4,390 seats, accounting for nearly 95.5pc of the overall seats.
A total of 587 Village Committees with 4,597 available seats are set to participate in the elections scheduled for September 28. The opposition...