Tipra had won the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections in 2021. This Council's ambit of control covers over two-thirds of Tripura's 10,491-sq km area with a population of about 1.2 million people, of which 90% are tribals. It accounts for 20 assembly seats. Tipra's main electoral plank is Greater Tipraland. The ruling BJP in the state and the opposition-an alliance of the Congress and Left parties--have promised more power to the tribal areas under the autonomous district council, but Deb Barman said "more autonomy" must be clearly defined.
