The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee has announced that it will contest all 28 seats in the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TAADC). 

The party has also finalized its candidate for the Dharmanagar Assembly by-election, and the name will be announced shortly.

Speaking to reporters after a key meeting at the state Congress office, Ashish Kumar Saha, President of the state Congress unit, said the party leadership held detailed discussions regarding the election strategy and finalization of candidates.

The meeting was attended by several senior leaders, including Congress MLA Birajit Sinha and party leader Shabda Kumar Jamatia, among others.

Saha stated that the party is preparing a comprehensive roadmap to secure victory in the upcoming ADC elections. “After extensive discussions with our leaders today, we are moving towards finalizing the candidate list and strategy for the polls,” he said.

Criticizing the opposition, Saha alleged that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) had announced its candidate for the Dharmanagar by-poll prematurely in a bid to indirectly benefit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Responding to remarks by CPI-M leader Jiten Choudhury—who had claimed that the Congress has no base in the hill areas and would fail in the ADC polls—Saha said the election results would ultimately prove who holds public support. He further alleged that certain actions by the CPI-M are indirectly helping the BJP remain in power.

Meanwhile, MLA Birajit Sinha claimed that a strong anti-BJP sentiment is currently prevailing across Tripura. “People no longer want the BJP. The Communists hurriedly announced their candidate list because they sense that Congress is heading toward a major victory,” he said.

Sinha also accused the CPI-M of not consulting the Congress before announcing its candidate for the Dharmanagar seat, despite the Congress having previously contested there. According to him, this indicates that the Left party intends to indirectly benefit the ruling party.

Commenting on the recent political tensions between the BJP and its ally Tipra Motha Party, Sinha said the Congress hopes to politically capitalize on the situation in the upcoming elections.