Tripura royal scion and chairman of TIPRA (The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance) Pradyot Deb Barman will contest the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections from the Takarjala-Jampuijala constituency. 

Pradyot Deb Barman filed his nomination from the Takarjala-Jampuijala constituency before the Returning Officer on Wednesday. 

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IPFT chief and Tripura minister NC Debbarma is the local MLA from Takarjala Assembly constituency. 

Pradyot Deb Barman said: โ€œI chose to fight from Takarjala-Jampuijala because all communities of TIPRASA people including Tripuri, Reang, Kolai, Jamatia and others live here.โ€ 

โ€œI want to lead from the front,โ€ added Pradyot Deb Barman. 

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IPFTโ€™s Brajlal Debbarma will up against Pradyot Deb Barman in Takarjala-Jampuijala. 

Following the โ€˜betrayalโ€™ by IPFT, TIPRA and Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) will be contesting the TTAADC elections in alliance. 

While, TIPRA will contest in 23 seats, INPT will contest in 5 seats. 

Elections to the TTAADC will be held on April 4. 

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