Manik Saha will continue as Tripura’s chief minister

Manik Saha is all set to continue as Tripura chief minister even as a section of the newly elected legislators were in favour of his replacement by Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Pratima Bhoumik, who has won as an MLA.

The meeting of the BJP legislature party that was held this evening has unanimously elected Dr Manik Saha as the leader of the house and to continue as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura.

The announcement was made followed by the meeting of all the newly elected MLAs at the party’s election office.