Biplab Kumar Deb to be next Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma Dy CM

GUWAHATI: BJP state president Biplab Kumar Deb was on Tuesday elected the new chief minister of Tripura. The party’s tribal leader Jishnu Devvarma will be his deputy.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari who attended the meeting of BJP legislature party said “Biplab Kumar Deb will be the new chief minister and Jishnu Devvarma the deputy chief minister.” The first BJP government in Tripura will be sworn in on Friday.

Deb later met governor Tathagata Roy and staked his claim to form the government. A former RSS volunteer, Deb said “we will provide good governance.” Jishnu Devvarma is the scion of Tripura’s royal family.


In related news from the state, police arrested a person in connection with the razing of Vladimir Lenin’s statue in Belonia. One Tuesday, CPM claimed another statue of Lenin was brought down in Sabroom.

In an unusual tweet, Tripura governor seemed to justify the act: “What one democratically elected government can do another democratically-elected government can undo. And vice versa.”