Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Manik Saha takes oath as new Tripura Chief Minister on Sunday, May 15, ahead of the state assembly election to be held early next year. He was administered the oath by Governor SN Arya at the Raj Bhavan in Agartala.
Saha has replaced Biplab Kumar Deb who was the first BJP chief minister of Tripura who resigned from his post due to focus to strengthen the party organisation to ensure the BJP’s return in the 2023 assembly polls. Saha joined the BJP in 2015 and became the chief of the party in 2020. He became Tripura’s first Rajya Sabha MP.
