Manik Saha set to be new Tripura CM after Biplab Deb tenders resignation

GUWAHATI: Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday resigned as the chief minister of Tripura, a year of ahead of assembly elections in the state. State BJP president Manik Saha has been elected as the leader of the legislature party and will replace Biplab Deb.

“I have served the people of Tripura to the best of my capabilities to provide them justice and give them a Left-free state with the 'marg darshan' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The assembly elections are coming and the party wants me to strengthen the organization. It is only when the organization is strong there will be the government. We need to prepare for 2023,” Biplab Deb said.

Tripura has been witnessing waves of revolt by disgruntled BJP legislators against Deb for the past couple of years. A few of the disgruntled BJP MLAs have already quit the party and joined Congress.
Deb was summoned to New Delhi on Thursday where he met Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda.
On Saturday, soon after his arrival in Agartala, Deb went to Raj Bhawan and submitted his resignation to governor Satyadev Narayan Arya.
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