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In his maiden visit to Delhi after becoming the Chief Minister for the second time, Saha is also likely to meet Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar as well as a few Central ministers.

Addressing a press conference Dr Saha said that on the first cabinet meeting, MLA Binay Bhusan Das was elected as the pro-tem speaker of the Assembly and a discussion also took place on the vote on account.

The Union government will soon appoint an interlocutor to study and resolve the demands of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) within three months, the tribal-based party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman said here on Wednesday after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister, days after BJP-IPFT alliance retained power in Tripura for the second straight term by winning 32 seats in the 60-member state assembly, for which elections were held on February 16.

Dr. Manik Saha took oath as the Chief Minister of the second term of the BJP-IPFT government in Tripura on Wednesday in presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi here at Agartala Swami Vivekananda Ground.

Opposition Congress and the CPI-M led Left parties will boycott the swearing-in-ceremony of Chief Minister and other ministers of the second BJP government in Tripura on Wednesday due to the "unprecedented reign of terror unleashed by the BJP supporters and goons".

The police spokesman quoting the court order said that all the five accused were convicted under section 376 (D) of the Indian Penal Code for gang rape and Section 3 of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

In a last ditch attempt, Home Minister Amit Shah would hold a meeting with the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), which played a significant role in the February 16 Assembly polls, emerging as the second single largest party securing 13 of the 20 vital tribal reserved seats in Tripura.

The 70-year-old BJP leader, who was also the state unit chief of the BJP and Rajya Sabha member for a brief period, took oath as the chief minister last year on May 15, a day after former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from the top post.

Expressing concern over the sporadic incidents of violence across the state following the poll results, the leaders of the Left-Congress venture, Monday sought the intervention of the Director General of Police and demanded independent police action in mitigating violence.

Dr. Manik Saha, will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the second term of the BJP-IPFT government on March 8. BJP won 32 seats while its junior partner IPFT swept one out of five seats in the recently concluded assembly election.

A swearing-in-ceremony of the new Chief Minister and the council of ministers will take place on Wednesday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J.P. Nadda are slated to be in attendance.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with BJP president J.P. Nadda met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday to discuss the formation of new governments in Tripura and Nagaland.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday claimed that since the announcement of the February 16 assembly election results on March 2 which indicated that the BJP secured a majority, over 668 incidents of violence have taken place in Tripura.

However, some local parties including the influential tribal-based Tipra Motha Party (TMP) and the ruling BJP's ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura during the election campaign in Tripura highlighted the CAA issue.

A meeting of newly elected MLAs and leaders was held in Agartala on Sunday. BJP's northeast in-charge Sambit Patra, Manik Saha, BJP President Rajib Bhattacharjee, and Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik among others were present in the meeting.

During the inspection, BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharya, NE BJP Coordinator Sambit Patra, DGP Amitabha Ranjan, Chief Secretary JK Sinha was present along with CM Dr Saha.

In view of the sporadic incidents of post-poll violence across the state, the ruling BJP party’s state president Rajiv Bhattacharjee, Saturday warned of police action against the miscreants trying to damage the culture of violence-free election.

The ruling BJP party’s winning candidate from Suryamaninagar assembly constituency Ramprasad Paul, Saturday held the CPI(M) and its Left front responsible for political violence across the state.

Change of Chief Minister, resource mobilisation, Tipra Motha Party (TMP) factors, among other issues, facilitated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to retain power in Tripura and keep its winning momentum going in the northeastern region.

Assam Chief Minister and NEDA Convener Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday reiterated that there will be no talk with TIPRA Motha that will divide the state of Tripura as the state will remain united.

But in some places opposition political workers are provoking people and spreading rumors to gain personal benefit to disrupt peace and harmony. But nobody will be spared as already more than 200 people were arrested for involving in violence and spreading rumors”.

Situation heated up in Indranagar area under the 6-Agartala Assembly Constituency after a party office of ruling BJP has allegedly vandalized by CPIM and Congress workers yesterday late night.

Headed by former royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman, the TMP, which came to the forefront before the TTAADC polls in April 2021, pushed the CPI-M and the Congress into third and fourth positions, respectively, in the elections.

The Supreme Court has said that corruption is a malaise, the presence of which is all pervading in every walk of life and it is not now limited to the spheres of activities of governance and regrettably, responsible citizens say it has become a way of one's life.