Santosh and attended by BJP Northeast Coordinator Sambit Patra and Tripura state in-charge Dr Rajdeep Roy. The meeting was convened primarily to review the party’s organisational preparedness and electoral strategy ahead of the ADC Village Committee elections, scheduled for September 2026. The BJP is currently in power in Tripura with TMP and the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) as alliance partners. Against this political backdrop, discussions are reportedly underway on whether the existing partnership with TMP can be extended to the Village Committee elections through an alliance or seat-sharing arrangement. A source said there is a “high possibility” of the BJP reaching an understanding with TMP for the September elections.