Rajya Sabha MP Manik Saha will be the new chief minister of Tripura, replacing Biplab Deb who resigned after four years in office hours ago. Saha is also the incumbent Tripura BJP chief. He will lead the BJP fight to retain the state in the assembly elections scheduled next year.
Biplab Deb too congratulated Saha on becoming the BJP legislative party leader. “Congratulations and best wishes to @DrManikSaha2 ji on being elected as the legislature party leader. I believe under PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s vision and leadership Tripura will prosper,” he tweeted.
The former Chief Minister also felicitated the newly elected Chief Minister Manik Saha for taking over the charge.
Next year, elections for the 60-member Tripura Assembly will take place. In 2018, the BJP took power in the state, ending the CPM-led Left Front government’s 25-year tenure. This time, it is up against the Trinamool Congress, which received the third most votes in the civic elections held last year.
