In preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Central BJP, acting under the authority of the national president, Jagat Prakash Nadda, has restructured the Tripura BJP by establishing a 16-member State Core Committee.
A letter addressed to BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharya from BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh stated, "National President Jagat Prakash Nadda ji has approved the formation of the State Core Committee of Tripura BJP; the list is enclosed."
According to the released list, the state core committee has 13 members; with an additional three designated as special invitees.
The core committee includes Rajib Bhattacharya (BJP state president), Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha, Former Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb, Jishnu Dev Varma, Former Deputy Chief Minister, Union Minister of State Pratima Bhoumik, MP Rebati Tripura, Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy, Agriculture and Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath, former state president Manoj Kanti Debroy, State General Secretary Organization G.R Ravindra Raju, and three general secretaries - Amit Rakshit, Bhagaban Das, and Bipin Debbarma.
The three special invitees are Northeast Coordinator and BJP National Spokesperson Dr. Sambit Patra, National Secretary and Northeast Joint Coordinator Rituraj Sinha, and State Prabhari Dr. Mahesh Sharma.
Sources within the party informed that these changes were implemented during the recent visit of Chief Minister Dr. Saha and State President Rajib Bhattacharya.
"With the formation of the new committee by the state president, the previous core committee was dissolved, and a fresh one was constituted. This stands as the highest decision-making body of the party," the source revealed.
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