Summary:
Ahead of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls, the difference between the ruling BJP and its ally IPFT are widening. BJP's junior ally IPFT has planned to go solo in the upcoming autonomous council polls slated for April next year. Delegation of IPFT led by party president and revenue minister Narendra Chandra Debbarma met BJP's working president JP Nadda in New Delhi last week and informed him the party's decision. The IPFT, which has two ministers and eight legislators in Tripura, is also a constituent of BJP-led anti-Congress alliance Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA). “They are free to contest the TTAADC polls without any alliance with the BJP..