Pro-tem speaker Ratan Chakraborty on Thursday administered the oaths to the winning MLA’s of BJP, IPFT and CPI-M at Tripura Assembly. Newly elected Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb remained present during the oath taking ceremony.
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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance ended the 25-year uninterrupted rule of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM)-led Left Front in Tripura throwing a big surprise on March 3. The BJP-IPFT combine scripted history on Saturday winning the Tripura assembly polls with a two-third majority and ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPM-led Left Front in the state. The BJP and IPFT together bagged 43 seats. The elections in 59 seats in the 60-member assembly were held on 18 February.
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