Agartala: Biplab Deb will be sworn in as the CM Tripura at the Assam Rifles ground on Friday which will usher in the first BJP government in the Northeastern state.
BJP president Amit Shah will be present at the swearing-in ceremony. PM Narendra Modi too, is expected to grace the event.
Grandiose welcome of Sh. @AmitShah ji at Agartala Airport #TripuraWelcomesAmitShah pic.twitter.com/qFAOphesjr
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) March 8, 2018
Reached Agartala to witness the historic oath taking ceremony of BJP led NDA government in Tripura. pic.twitter.com/epz1anLNcy
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 8, 2018
Forty-eight-year-old Deb, a long-time RSS volunteer, has been largely credited for the BJP's turnaround in the state. He staked claim to Governor Tathagata Roy on March 6, 2018, to form the government in the state. The governor then invited him to do so.
Called upon to the Hon'ble Governor @tathagata2 ji along with Dy. CM elect Jishnu Dev Varma ji to stake claim to form the Government. Swearing in ceremony to take place on 9th of March 2018 pic.twitter.com/TV2yBe8B9R
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) March 6, 2018
The BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) combine swept to power in the state on March 3, 2018, ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front. The BJP had bagged 35 seats and the IPFT eight in the 60-member House.
(Also read: BJP invites former CM Manik Sarkar to oath-taking ceremony)
Meanwhile, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had stated on March 6 that Jishnu Debbarma will be the deputy chief minister.
Debbarma is yet to be elected as an MLA as polling in his Charilam (Scheduled Tribe) constituency was postponed due to the death of the CPI(M) candidate.
The election would now be held on March 12.
IPFT president N C Debbarma said the party would get two berths in the new Cabinet which was decided at a meeting with BJP leader and the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) chairman Himanta Biswa Sarma.
On the other hand, the BJP on Thursday invited outgoing CM Manik Sarkar for the swearing-in-ceremony of Deb. BJP leader Ram Madhav and Deb personally met and invited him for Friday's ceremony.
Invited Ex CM Sh. Manik Sarkar ji & CPM Tripura Secretary Bijan Dhar ji at CPM State Office in presence of @rammadhavbjp ji to swearing ceremony tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/we4CRXx4Ho
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) March 8, 2018
Called on former CM of Tripura Sh Manik Sarkar at d CPM office and invited him to d oath ceremony of d new govt tomorrow. True to his character he has shifted to d party office immediately after resigning as CM post the election. Something for leaders to emulate.
— Ram Madhav (@rammadhavbjp) March 8, 2018
Left Front convener Bijan Dhar said that Sarkar and former ministers of his Cabinet would attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new BJP-IPFT combine government.
However, leaders of Opposition Left parties would not join the programme in protest against post-poll 'violence' in the state, he added.
"The outgoing CM and his ministers would attend the swearing-in ceremony. Left parties have also been invited to join it. But we will not go there to protest against the post-poll violence," Dhar, also CPI(M) state secretary, told a press conference, PTI reported.
(With Agency inputs)
