What is the purpose of clause (3B) in this context?
The purpose of clause (3B) in this context is to maintain the proportion of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tripura, until the re-adjustment under Article 170 takes effect on the basis of the first census after the year 2[2026]. The clause ensures that the proportion of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes remains not less than the proportion of members belonging to the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly as it existed on the date when the Constitution (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992, came into force.