24 hours before counting for Tripura ADC polls, royal scion attacked

Twenty four hours before votes cast during Tripura Autonomous District Council (ADC) polls goes to counting, royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma came under an attack at Mohanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate's (SDM) office in West Tripura, 25 km from here, allegedly by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA's miscreants on April 09.

Pradyot, who resigned from state Congress president's chair in 2019, floated his political party - Tipraha Indigenous Peoples Regional Alliance (TIPRA) this year and fielded candidates in 23 out of 28 seats of the tribal council polls.