Agartala, Sept. 27 -- The stage is all set in Tripura to conduct elections for Village Committees (VC) under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) across 44 blocks at 1,095 polling stations tomorrow, with around 6.65 lakh voters expected to participate under heightened security measures.
The VC elections represent the first occurrence in a decade, following a directive from the Supreme Court. The previous VC election was conducted in 2016, with no subsequent elections held until now. A total of 8,176 candidates representing various recognized political parties and independent candidates are contesting for 4,597 VC positions.
As many as, 1,644 contestants, comprising 81 from BJP, one from CPI-M, and remainder from the ...