A three-member team from the Election Commission of India (ECI) held a series of meetings with Tripura officials on Monday to review the preparations for the by-elections to two Assembly seats on September 5.The crucial by-elections will be .
Tipra Motha chief Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday in New Delhi ahead of the September 5 bypolls to two Tripura assembly segments, a senior BJP leader said.
The meeting, which happened on Saturday, assumes significance as the CPI(M) recently held discussions with the regional party and sought its support for the upcoming assembly bypolls to Dhanpur and Boxanagar seats in Sepahijala district.
Earlier in the day, the Tipra Motha supremo had indicated that his party was 'unlikely' to support the CPI(M) which has fielded candidates in the by-elections.