India, July 18 -- The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the state, will contest the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls to be held in 2026, a senior party functionary said.

The IPFT didn't win a single seat in the 2021 TTAADC polls, where royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma's TIPRA Motha party won 18 of the 28 seats. The BJP won nine seats, and an independent candidate won one seat.

"The TTAADC poll will be held next year. Our party has upgraded comparing to the previous as those left the party to join different other parties, have returned.We are hopeful that our results will be better in the coming poll compared to the previous one", Tripura minist...