Dr Manik Saha took the oath as the chief minister of Tripura on Wednesday for the second consecutive term in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda, reports Hindustan Times.
Modi and Amit Shah reached the state on Tuesday. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala.
On Monday, Manik Saha staked a claim to form the government after his name was proposed unanimously by the newly elected BJP MLAs in the state. Along with Dr Saha, the newly elected MLAs took the oath of office on Wednesday.
In the recently concluded Assembly election, the BJP won 32 seats out of 60. Tipra Motha emerged as the second-largest party securing 13 seats.
Manik Saha was made the chief minister in 2022 replacing Biplab Deb, just a few months before the election. Though he has been working at the grassroots level in the BJP and was party chief in the state in 2020, he never contested any election before becoming the chief minister.
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