AGARATALA, July 24 (TIWN): Tripura Left Front government on Sunday in a press meet at CPI-M party office announced the name of the candidate for Bi-election to be held in Simna-Tamakari ADC constituency. LF has announced Kumud Debbarma as the candidate for the Simna-Tamakari ADC constituency. However, addressing the press meet CPI-M state secretary Bijan Dhar said that the election will be held on August 23 under this constituency. However, strict security will be maintained on the day of election and necessary steps will be taken for the smooth conduct of the election, added Dhar. The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an independent council administering the tribal areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away from Agartala, the state capital. In the 2005 elections to the TTAADC the Left Front won 24 seats out of the 28 elected seats and the National Socialist Party of Tripura four. The Left Front and NSPT had contested within the framework of an electoral understanding. Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Act 1979 was passed by the Indian parliament after a series of democratic movements launched by the Indigenous people of Tripura, under the provision of the 6th scheduled of the Indian constitution.

The principal objective behind setting up the Autonomous District Council is to empower the Indigenous people to govern themselves and also to bring all round developments of the backward people so as to protect and preserve their culture, customs and traditions.

But it actually came into being from 18 January 1982 and later it was upgraded under the provision of the 6th schedule to the Indian constitution with effect from the 1 April 1985 by the 49th amendment to the Constitution of India.