As Tripura gets new CM, here's a look at Congress leaders who joined BJP and shone on the chair in Northeast
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As Tripura gets new CM, here's a look at Congress leaders who joined BJP and shone on the chair in Northeast

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In Tripura, CM Biplab Deb suddenly surprised everyone by submitting his resignation to the governor on Saturday. MANIPUR: N BIREN SINGH N Biren Singh left the Congress in 2016 and joined the BJP, just a year before the 2017 Assembly elections in Manipur. After 15 years, a non-Congress government was formed in the state, and the BJP made N Biren Singh CM. At the same time, Congress was thrown out of power after 10 years and Neiphiu Rio became the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the first time. TRIPURA: MANIK SAHA Manik Saha left Congress and joined the BJP in 2016.

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