Biplab Kumar Deb to be Tripura chief minister, to be sworn in on March 9
Elections | March 06, 2018 13:34 ISTThe 48-year-old leader was the frontrunner for the chief ministerial post following his party's victory in Tripura.
The 48-year-old leader was the frontrunner for the chief ministerial post following his party's victory in Tripura.
The CPI(M)-led Left Front was dethroned by the BJP-IPFT coalition after nearly 25 years in power on March 3.
The BJP captured 35 seats on its own while its alliance partner the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) bagged 8 seats, giving the combine a two-thirds majority in the House.
The Election Commission (EC) had, on Friday, ordered the repolling in six booths in as many Assembly constituencies of the state due to glitches in the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
In the 2013 and 2008 Assembly polls, Tripura witnessed record balloting at 92 and 91 per cent respectively.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday where he will inaugurate the newly constructed Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre in Itanagar.
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