In the recent Tripura assembly elections, the BJP gained 32 seats in the 60-member House, while its ally IPFT won one seat...
Digital Desk: Seventy-year-old BJP leader Manik Saha took oath on Wednesday as chief minister of the sensitive border state of Tripura.
Moreover, eight more ministers, including Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy, Santana Chakma, Tinku Roy and Bikash Debbarma were also sworn in by Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were among the leaders present at the oath-taking ceremony.
In total, eight ministers from the BJP and one from its ally IPFT were inducted into the cabinet. Five of these were fresh faces, while four ministers from the previous cabinet were kept in the new lineup.
In the recent Tripura assembly elections, the BJP gained 32 seats in the 60-member House, while its ally IPFT won one seat.
Manik Saha was appointed chief minister earlier in 2022, replacing Biplab Kumar Deb, in a brand revival effort after it was discovered that his popularity rating was plummeting due to the poor law and order situation in Tripura's hinterland.
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