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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 ....
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Tripura: IPFT Ditches Alliance, To Contest District Council Poll With BJP Though the two parties are coalition partners in the state government, they have had frequent disagreements over seat-sharing. IPFT and BJP leaders announce their alliance for the Tripura district council polls. Photo: By arrangement Politics11/Mar/2021 Agartala: Less than a month after inking a pact with the Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) has decided to ditch the alliance and team up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls. The IPFT and the BJP are alliance partners in the state government but have had frequent disagreements in recent polls. ....