Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, who won the recent by-election from Town Bardowali constituency, took oath as the member of the Tripura assembly on Friday.
Agartala, July 8 (PTI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, who won the recent by-election from Town Bardowali constituency, was on Friday sworn in as MLA at a simple ceremony on the Assembly premises. Speaker Ratan Chakraborty administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Saha in the presence of deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Verma and other cabinet colleagues. Saha, who replaced Biplab Kumar Deb as the CM earlier in the year, was not a member of the Assembly. According to Article 164(4) of the Constitution, an unelected member can assume office as CM but he or she has to win a byelection or get elected to the Legislative Council within six months to retain the chair. Three other MLAs who won the June 16 by-polls in the state — Sudip Roy Barman of the Congress, and Swapna Das Paul and Malina Debnath of the BJP had taken oath on July 4. Bypolls were held in four assembly seats — Agartala, Town Bardowali, Jubarajnagar, and Surma. Saha resigned as Rajya Sabha member ear
Agartala, July 4 (PTI): Senior BJP leaders including national general secretary Ajay Jamwal and Tripura in-charge Vinod Sonkar will attend a two-day state executive meeting to be held in Udaipur in Gomati district from July 6, party sources said on Monday. The meeting holds significance in view of the recently concluded by-polls and the upcoming assembly elections next year. Chief Minister Manik Saha and other senior party functionaries will be present. “The outcome of the by-elections will be discussed. Also, a well-designed programme for the next two-three months in the run-up to the assembly elections will also be finalised,” the party’s state vice-president Rebati Tripura said. The assembly elections are likely to be held early next year. The BJP has won three out of four seats in the assembly by-elections. The chief minister bagged the Town Bardowali constituency. Meanwhile, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who has been assigned with boosting the organisa