Agartala, Nov 7: In a major organisational move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed observers for all 28 constituencies of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) to conduct grassroots-level review meetings and assess the party’s preparedness for the upcoming 2026 elections.
According to party sources, the observers have been assigned to hold small-scale meetings with party workers, functionaries, and grassroots cadres—from the booth to the Mandal level—to gauge the current organisational strength and identify areas of improvement.
The BJP’s organisational structure in each assembly constituency is built in three tiers—Mandal, which acts as the top decision-making body; Shakti Kendras, functioning under the Mandal; and Booths, the smallest and most crucial units of the party’s machinery.
“The observers have been directed to interact with leaders at every layer of the organisation and gather feedback. Based on their reports highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each constituency, the party will formulate its next course of action,” a senior BJP insider told Tripura Times.
Since coming to power in 2018, the BJP has faced defeat only once—in the 2021 TTAADC elections, when the party, in alliance with the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), won just nine seats, while the Tipra Motha-led alliance secured 18 seats. The IPFT and CPI(M) failed to win any.
Although Tipra Motha later joined the BJP-led state alliance, BJP’s elected members in the TTAADC continue to sit in the opposition benches of the 28-member council. With the next ADC elections due in summer 2026, it remains uncertain whether the BJP and Tipra Motha will contest jointly or face a “friendly contest.”
Meanwhile, the CPI(M) and its tribal wing, Tripura Upajati Gana Mukti Parishad, have intensified outreach in the hilly regions, attempting to reclaim their once-dominant political base.
