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Biplab Deb resigns as Tripura Chief Minister

News Agencies | Updated on: 14 May 2022, 17:18 IST
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb who resigned on Saturday (Photo/ANI)

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Saturday resigned from his post on Saturday less than a year before the assembly polls in the state.

Biplab Kumar Deb had taken oath as first Chief Minster of Bharatiya Janata Party 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.

Sources said BJP leaders Bhupender Yadav and Vinod Tawde are in Tripura as the central observers and the decision on a new leader to replace Deb is likely to be announced in the evening.

(ANI)

First published: 14 May 2022, 17:18 IST