BJP Appoints Ratan Lal Nath as overall In-Charge and Bipin Debbarma as Co-In-Charge of Agartala Municipal Corporation Elections

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, November 13, 2026

Ahead of the forthcoming Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its election management team, appointing senior party leaders, ministers, MLAs, MPs and organisational functionaries to supervise election-related activities across eight organisational mandals.

According to an official notification issued by the BJP Tripura State Executive Committee on November 11, 2026, State Minister Ratan Lal Nath has been appointed as the overall AMC Election In-Charge, while BJP State General Secretary Bipin Debbarma has been named as the Co-In-Charge.

The party has also entrusted important responsibilities to several prominent leaders for individual mandals, indicating its preparations to strengthen organisational coordination and election management ahead of the civic polls.

For 6-Agartala Mandal, the party has appointed State Secretary Nabadal Banik, MLA Sambhuhal Chakma and former Vice-President Papia Datta as the responsible leaders. In Pratapgarh Mandal, Minister Sushanta Chowdhury will lead the responsibilities along with State Mahila Morcha President Mousumi Das and former MLA Krishnadhan Das.

For Banamalipur Mandal, Rajya Sabha MP Rajib Bhattacharjee has been assigned responsibility along with OBC Morcha State President Sukanta Ghosh and former State Member Santosh Saha. In Barjala Mandal, State Secretary Mimi Majumder, ST Morcha State President Abhijit Debbarma and former MLA Dr. Dilip Das have been entrusted with election responsibilities.

In Badharghat Mandal, former OBC Morcha President Advocate Samir Ghosh, MLA Mina Rani Sarkar and West Tripura Sabhadhipati (IC) Biswajit Shil will coordinate the party's election-related activities. For Ramnagar Mandal, Mayor Dipak Majumder, State Spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharjee and former Minority Morcha President Md. Jashim Uddin have been appointed.

Similarly, Bardowali Mandal will be supervised by State Member Prakash Das, former BJYM Vice-President Viki Prasad and Legal Cell In-Charge Advocate Raju Datta. For Suryamaninagar Mandal, Deputy Speaker Ram Prasad Paul, State Vice-President Tapas Bhattacharjee and State Secretary Kamal Dey have been assigned responsibilities.

The notification further specifies that the concerned District Presidents, Mandal Presidents and Prabharis will also be associated with the respective election management responsibilities.

The appointment of a senior minister as the overall election in-charge and the deployment of several heavyweight political leaders across the eight mandals indicate that the BJP is attaching considerable importance to the forthcoming Agartala Municipal Corporation elections.

The organisational reshuffle comes at a politically significant time when the ruling party is preparing to defend its position in the urban local body elections. The involvement of ministers, elected representatives and senior organisational leaders is expected to strengthen campaign coordination, candidate management and booth-level mobilisation.

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