Manik Saha sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tripura
India TV NewsHighlights The development comes a day after Biplab Kumar Deb had resigned from the post Manik Saha is a Rajya Sabha MP and chief of the party in the state The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11:30 am today Tripura BJP chief Manik Saha took oath as the Chief Minister of the state in Agartala on Sunday. Dr. Saha, who was chosen by the BJP as the new Chief Minister of Tripura, is a Rajya Sabha MP and chief of the party in the state which will go to the polls by March next year. A professor of dental surgery, Dr. Saha will be expected to steer the party to victory in the assembly polls amid a multi-cornered contest in the northeastern state where Trinamool Congress is Dr. Saha, 69, was named as the leader of the BJP legislature party hours after the resignation of Deb. Deb had taken oath as the first Chief Minister of Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura in 2018 ending the 25-year-rule of the Communist Party of India in the state.