Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb was on Wednesday replaced by Prof Manik Saha as the state unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
By profession, Saha is a teacher of the Tripura Medical College.
“Organisational elections were held in booth, mandal and district levels. The state-level party election was concluded today with Dr Manik Saha becoming the president,” Union minister Gajendra Singh, the observer for the party’s organisational election in Tripura, told reporters here.
State BJP spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharya said, outgoing president and Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb proposed the name of Saha in the post and there was no other contender. Deb then resigned as state BJP president which he took over four years ago on January 6, 2016.
After completion of his 3-year tenure in January last year, he got an extension till August 31.
However, the post could not be filled up then as organisational elections were not over at all levels.
Temjen Along re-elected BJP Nagaland chief
Temjen Imna Along Longkumer has been unanimously re-elected as the BJP’ Nagaland unit president.
He was re-elected during the party’s state organisation polls held at a hotel here on Tuesday.
The election process was conducted in presence of national general secretary Saroj Pandey and the party’s Bihar MLA Nitin Nabin.
Temjen, the state minister for Higher and Technical Education, and Tribal Affairs, thanked the party’s central leadership for having trust on him.
He reiterated to work for the upliftment of the Naga people and the party in the state.
Temjen said that the newly-elected team at the state party will work to empower the deprived section of the people.
P Paiwang Konyak, the transport minister, will represent the state party unit as a member of the BJP’s national council. (PTI)
