New Delhi, September 4 (Daily Kiran) : A significant meeting took place in New Delhi on September 4, 2026, ahead of the village committee elections scheduled for September 28 in Tripura’s tribal areas. Central Home Minister Amit Shah and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha attended the discussion, which Saha described as “beneficial and constructive.”
In addition to Shah and Saha, the meeting included BJP’s North-East Coordinator and Lok Sabha MP from Puri, Sambit Patra, and the leader of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma. Following the meeting, Saha shared on social media that the discussions focused on issues of mutual importance and the development and welfare of the people of Tripura.
Previously, there had been multiple discussions between BJP leaders and TMP regarding alliances for the upcoming village committee elections in areas under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), but these talks had not yielded any concrete results. TMP leader Debbarma had stated in a video message on September 2 that without the implementation of the conditions of a trilateral agreement—especially those related to land rights for indigenous people—his party would not form any electoral alliance.
Following prolonged negotiations, the TMP, then in opposition, signed a trilateral agreement with the central and Tripura governments in the presence of Amit Shah and Manik Saha on March 2, 2024. This agreement led to the TMP joining the BJP-led coalition government on March 7, 2024, marking a pivotal shift in the state’s political landscape.
Earlier this week, five senior BJP leaders, including National General Secretary (Organization) B.L. Santosh and former North-East Coordinator Sambit Patra, visited Agartala. They held discussions with state leaders on preparations and strategies for the village committee elections over two days, on September 1 and 2. Participants included Chief Minister Manik Saha, state BJP president Abhishek Debroy, former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, and other senior ministers and party leaders.
The village committee elections, which are politically significant, will cover 4,597 seats across 2,634 constituencies under 587 village committees. This marks the first election of its kind in a decade.
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