Chief Minister and leader of the House Biplab Kumar Deb and opposition leader and former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar assured Das of their help in running the House smoothly.
Category: tripura-assembly-election-2018
Tripura Dy CM Jishnu Debbarma takes oath as wining MLA
Tripura’s Deputy CM Jishnu Debbarma, on Friday took oath as the winning MLA at Tripura Assembly. Tripura Assembly Pro-tem speaker Ratan Chakraborty administered the oath.
Sarkar elected CPI-M Legislature Party leader
Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has been elected leader of the CPI-M's 16-member Legislature Party, which will enable him to become the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, party sources said on Thursday.
Tripura Deputy CM wins Assembly by-election
BJP nominee and Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma won the Charilam Assembly by-election on Thursday, defeating CPI-M candidate by a record margin of 25,550 votes, official said.
Winning MLA’s of Tripura Assembly election takes oath on Thursday
Former CM Manik Sarkar also took oath on Thursday at the wining MLA. Followed by Sarkar the other MLA’s too took oath. Bhanu Lal Saha, Ratan Lal Nath, Sudip Roy Barman, NC Debbarma, badal Chowdhury and others also took oath.
Over 80% votes cast for Tripura Assembly seat
Five candidates, including Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) nominee and Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma and Communist Party of India-Marxist's Palash Debbarma are in the fray in Charilam.
Tripura poll: Left withdraws candidate in Charilam
"The situation in Charilam assembly constituency is horrifically bad due to excessive reign of terror since the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) got the majority in the election on Saturday," Left Front convener Bijan Dhar told the media.
First cabinet meeting of BJP-IPFT govt. in Tripura allocates portfolio for its ministers
Official sources said that three more cabinet ministers will be appointed soon after consultation between the BJP and IPFT leadership to ensure proper representation of districts, subdivisions and communities.
Dilip Das to be new Tripura Speaker
Renowned physician Dilip Das will be the Speaker of the new Tripura assembly and senior lawyer Arun Chandra Bhowmik will be his deputy, an official said here on Friday.
Bangladesh PM greets new Tripura CM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday congratulated Biplab Kumar Deb after his swearing-in as the new Chief Minister of Tripura, an official said.
PM Modi assures of full support to newly formed BJP govt. in Tripura
"As the BJP has formed its government in Tripura, a new door of development has been opened now with which the state shall be taken to its new height," PM Modi said today after the swearing in ceremony.
BJP-led government takes charge of Tripura
The ministers who took oath include Narendra Chandra Debbarma of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), Ratan Lal Nath, Sudip Roy Barman, Pranjit Singha Roy, Manoj Kanti Deb, Mevar Kumar Jamatia (IPFT) and a lone woman minister, Santana Chakma.
Tripura goes Saffron as Biplab takes oath as Tripura CM
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s young and dynamic Biplab Kumar Deb today sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah at Agartala Assam Rifles' Ground.
Tripura to get new government on Friday, PM to attend
"People would attend the swearing-in-ceremony from all across the state. In view of the possible arrival of the Prime Minister and other VVIPs in Friday's swearing-in-ceremony, elaborate security arrangements are being put in place," Saptarshi told the media.
Security beefed up in Tripura as PM Modi to visit Tripura for BJP’s swearing in ceremony
Adequate enforcement for police and other paramilitary forces were deployed in and around the state especially in the bordering and vulnerable areas of the state, said police source today.
Biplab Deb-led Tripura government to assume office on Friday
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Biplab Kumar Deb will assume office on Friday as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura, where the BJP voted out the Left Front after 25 years, in the February 18 polls.
RSS loyalist Biplab to be Tripura's 11th Chief Minister (Profile)
Born on November 25, 1971 in southern Tripura's temple city of Udaipur, Deb had completed his graduation from Tripura University in 1999 and went to Delhi before he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a volunteer.
BJP's core committee meet elects Biplab as next Tripura Chief Minister
The meeting perhaps has come up amidst the pressure being mounted upon by the IPFT chief N C Debbarma on BJP. Debbarma earlier demanded that the Chief Minister be chosen from the indigenous MLAs.
Tripura: Newly elected BJP MLAs to meet on Tuesday
According to the BJP leader, a combined meeting of the newly-elected legislators of the BJP and its ally -- the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) -- would also be held on Tuesday to discuss government formation.
ABVP celebrates BJP’s victory in MBB College
The MBB College which was under the umbrella of Red bastion, turned saffron on Monday as the ABVP merged into the celebration of the saffron victory in the 2018 Tripura Assembly election.
Process begins to form new government in Tripura
According to the BJP leader, a combined meeting of the newly elected legislators of the BJP and its ally -- the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) -- would also be held on Tuesday to discuss the government formation.
BJP's probable Tripura CM candidate meets Sarkar
"I have not been selected as Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP yet. I met Manik Da and sought his blessings. He is much senior to me and an experienced man," Deb told reporters.
Manik Sarkar quits as Tripura CM
Chief Minister of Tripura for the past 20 years, Sarkar, who has been in the election fray for the past 37 years (since 1981), has been elected to the state assembly seven times -- in 1981 (by-polls), 1983, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018.
Mamata blames CPIM, Congress of BJP's victory in Tripura
She later blamed the Congress and said, "The Congress on the other has failed to maintain its base as the main opposition in Tripura and that lead the BJP gain the momentum."
As Saffron scripts history – Tripura awaits to bloom
The well-scripted victory of the Saffron party in Tripura dislodging the Left perhaps brought a new hope as the state’s population awaits to witness fresh air in the cabinet.