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Manik Saha has been named the chief minister of Tripura for the second term. A spokesperson of the BJP informed reporters after the BJP legislative party held at Agartala. The officials said that the selection was unanimously endorsed by all MLAs of the party.
BJP retained Tripura with a comfortable majority even when a strong fight was predicted amid speculations of anti-incumbency and also the fact that archrivals Congress and the Left had a pre-poll alliance. Saha replaced Biplab Deb as Tripura CM barely a few months ago.
The swearing-in of the new chief minister will be held on March 8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, and BJP chief JP Nadda are expected to attend the swearing-in functions of the new governments in all three northeastern states.
In the recently-concluded assembly elections in the state, Manik Saha defeated Congress's veteran leader Ashish Kumar Saha, by a margin of 1,257 votes from Town Bardowali despite detractors within his own party predicting a "tough time" for him in the prestigious constituency.