Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura Chief Minister for 2nd consecutive term

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manik Saha, a dentist-turned-politician who steered the saffron party to power in Tripura, took oath as the Chief Minister of the state for the second consecutive term today.

The oath ceremony was organised at Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala. The event was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and several Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states.

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Manik Saha is a dental surgeon who joined the BJP in 2016 after quitting Congress. He was made party chief of the state in 2020 and elected to Rajya Sabha in March 2022.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala for the swearing-in ceremony of Tripura CM-designate Manik Saha.

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He was BJP MP until the change of guard took place last year. In 2022, Saha replaced Biplab Kumar Deb to steer the party in the assembly polls amid a multi-cornered contest in the northeast state.

On Monday, Saha called on Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya to stake claim to form the government in Tripura after he was unanimously elected as leader of the legislature party.

BJP returned to power in Tripura by winning an absolute majority with 32 seats and a vote share of around 39 per cent, according to the Election Commission. Tipra Motha Party came second by winning 13 seats. Communist Party of India (Marxist) got 11 seats while Congress bagged three. The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) won just one seat.

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