Manik Saha, Tripura BJP chief, and Rajya Sabha MP, took oath as the state’s new chief minister at Raj Bhawan in Agartala on Sunday.
This comes a day after Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from the post. Dr. Saha, a Rajya Sabha MP from Tripura, was elected leader of the BJP legislative party yesterday. In 2021, Dr. Saha became the President of the Tripura BJP. He met Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya and staked claim to form the government with a letter of support from the party legislatures.
He was a 69-year-old dental surgeon who turned politician. He has to be elected to the state Assembly within the next six months. Notably, the Assembly elections in Tripura Assembly are due in January-February next year. After resigning from the CM’s post, Biplab Deb said that for the interest of the party and considering the Assembly elections due next year, he resigned from the Chief Minister’s post.
Dr. Saha is also a professor at the Tripura Medical College and B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital in Agartala, as well as the President of the Tripura Cricket Association, who joined the BJP in 2015.
In 2021, Saha, a close associate of outgoing Chief Minister Deb, became the President of the Tripura BJP Pradesh Committee.
The election to the 60-member Tripura assembly is due in January-February next year.