Manika Saha set to become Tripura’s CM for the second term; PM to attend the oath taking ceremony.

On Moday, Manik Saha was unanimously elected as the leader of BJP’s legislative party after BJP had won the elections in the recently concluded Tripura Assembly polls, making his way to become the Chief Minister of Tripura for the second time.

“My sincere gratitude to all for electing me as the leader of legislature party. Under the guidance of Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, we shall work together to build 'Unnata Tripura, Shrestha Tripura' & ensure the welfare of all sections of people,”  tweeted Saha after the general meeting of all the newly elected BJP MLAs who unanimously proposed the name of Manik Saha for the leader of the legislature party.

In the recently concluded Tripura Assembly polls, the BJP had won 32 seats while BJP’s ally the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) won one seat. Other parties like the Tipra Motha Party stood in the second place by winning 13 seats, Communist Party of India (Marxist) got 11 seats while Congress bagged three seats.

As per reports, the oath taking ceremony of the CM and cabinet ministers will take place on Wednesday, March 8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the ceremony in Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala.

Manik Saha will become the 12^th Chief Minister of Tripura while there’s a possibility of Jishnu Debbarman to continue as Deputy CM.

Meanwhile former Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb congratulated Saha on his election as leader of the BJP and BJP ally IPFT legislature group.

A former Congress leader, Manik Saha joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2016. He was an oral and maxillofacial surgery specialist and used to be teach at the Tripura Medical College before stepping into the world of politics.