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Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura chief minister

Category : State
Published on: May 17 2022 Share on facebook

  • Manik Saha takes oath as new Tripura Chief Minister on 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. 
  • Biplab Deb is now likely to take over as the BJP Tripura chief.
  • 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.
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