Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb submitted his resignation to the Governor on Saturday. The development comes ahead of the Assembly elections slated for early next year.
It is learnt that the BJP legislative party will meet at 5 pm to pick its new leader. Union minister Bhupender Yadav and BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde have been made observers for the BJP's legislature party meet. Biplab Kumar Deb was in Delhi on Friday and returned to Agartala on Saturday morning.
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Biplab Kumar Deb had taken oath as first Chief Minster of the BJP in the state in 2018 ending the 25-year-rule of the Communist Party of India in Tripura. Sources said that the BJP wanted to go with a fresh face in the Assembly polls and Biplab Dev would be engaged in organisational work.
Post his resignation, Biplab Kumar Deb said, "The party [BJP] is above all. I have worked for the party under the leadership and direction of PM Modi. I have tried to do justice to the people of Tripura as the head of the party’s state unit and as CM. I have tried to ensure peace, development and steer the state out of the Covid crisis."
The decision regarding his resignation, according to sources, came from the BJP's leadership.
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-PTC News