Manik Saha sworn in as Tripura's new chief minister
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Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura's new chief minister on Sunday, a day after Biplab Deb stepped down from the post.
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.
Saha was named as the CM after Biplab Kumar Deb called it quits on Saturday. Deb is now likely to take over as the BJP Tripura chief.
After he was declared as the CM, Manik Saha took to microblogging site Twitter to announce that he met the state governor with the letter of support from MLAs.
He wrote, "Being elected as [BJP's] Legislative Party Leader, met the Hon'ble Governor at Raj Bhavan and submitted the claim to form the government with the letter of support from my party legislatures (sic)."
Being elected as Legislative Party Leader met the Hon'ble Governor at Raj Bhavan and submitted the claim to form the government with the letter of support from my party legislatures. pic.twitter.com/74GMKTv69H
It is purported that Deb had proposed Manik Saha's name as the next chief minister. Saha is not the first 'Manik' to be the chief minister of Tripura. Before him, CPI(M)'s Manik Sarkar served as the chief minister for 20 years till 2018.
Saha, is a maxillofacial surgeon from Lucknow's King George Medical College. He was a member of the opposition Congress before he joined the BJP in 2016 and was named as the BJP's Tripura unit chief in 2020 after Deb quit that post.
