Biplab Kumar Deb will take oath as the chief minister of Tripura on Friday at the Assam Rifles ground which will officially usher in the first BJP government in the Left bastion. PM Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states in the northeastern region have been invited to attend the ceremony.
In order to protest "large-scale violence" in Tripura after the Assembly elections, the Left Front leaders will boycott the swearing-in of the BJP-led government. However, outgoing chief minister Manik Sarkar and elected leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) are expected to attend the event.
On Tuesday, Chief Minister-designate Biplab Deb announced that the party's tribal leader Jishnu Debbarma will be the deputy chief minister.
The BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) combine swept to power in the state last week, ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front. The BJP won 35 of the 59 seats that went to polls in Tripura, ousting the CPI(M) which won only in 17 Assembly constituencies.
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