Agartala, April 12 (IANS) More than 81 per cent of the 9,62,697 eligible voters exercised their franchise in the politically significant elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), held across all eight districts of the state to decide the fate of 173 candidates, including eight women, officials said. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq …
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Agartala, April 12 (IANS) The crucial elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) are underway across all eight districts of the state, with over 50 per cent of the 9,62,697 voters having cast their votes till noon to decide the fate of 173 candidates. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km geographical area. This makes it a strategically…
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) After more than a month-long high-voltage campaign marked by intense political activity and sporadic clashes among party workers, the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is set to go to polls on Sunday, officials said on Saturday. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 square km geographical area.This ma…
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) As part of the Central forces, the elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR), which has previously undertaken election-related duties in more than a dozen states, is set to be deployed in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said here on Saturday. A senior police official stated that, following a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ten TSR companies comprising 778 personnel had been deployed in Assam, where elections to the 126-member State Assembly were held on April …
Agartala, April 4 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday urged people not to be misled by parties spreading “wrong messages” and called upon supporters of rival groups to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while there is still time. The Chief Minister asserted that people are ready to form a “triple-engine government” in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominat…
Agartala, April 3 (IANS) Opposition CPI (M)-led Left Front leaders on Friday alleged that the election authorities in Tripura are using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units, reportedly brought from Madhya Pradesh, despite sufficient machines being available within the state. The 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, is sched…
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, on Thursday, criticised the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), accusing it of misleading the people with slogans such as “Thansa”, “Greater Tipraland”, and “Puila Jati”. The tribal-based TMP, led by former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, is an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Addressing a gathering at Kunjaram Para in Paharpur under the Natunbazar-Malbasa constituency in Gomati district ahead of the Tripura Tribal Are…
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) In a clear sign of low female representation, only 4.62 per cent of the 173 candidates contesting the April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) are women.The autonomous council, set up in 1982 to promote the socio-economic development of tribal communities, is regarded as the state’s second most important constitutional body after the Assembly.Officials of the Tripura State Election Commission (SEC), which is conducting the pol…
Agartala, March 30 (IANS) The government of Tripura is set to implement comprehensive security measures to ensure the peaceful and smooth conduct of the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and the by-election in the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency, officials said on Monday. The 30-member TTAADC, which includes 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, will go to the polls on April 12.Meanwhile, the by-election …
Agartala, March 29 (IANS) In a first in Tripura’s electoral history in several decades, both the ruling parties and the opposition have launched all-out campaigns — without any alliances — to capture the crucial Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), widely considered the state’s second most important constitutional body after the state Assembly. The tribal autonomous council, comprising 28 elected members and two nominated by the state government, will go to the polls …