BJP’s Biplab Deb to take oath as Tripura Chief Minister today

Biplab Deb will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura at the Assam Rifles ground in Agartala on Friday – an event that would usher in the first BJP government in the northeastern state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and chief ministers of some BJP-ruled states in the northeastern region would be present at the swearing-in ceremony.

The BJP-Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura combine swept to power in the state last week, ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front.

The BJP had bagged 35 seats and the IPFT eight in the 60-member House.