In Tripura, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is once again going to form the government with a majority. BJP has got 32 seats in the assembly elections. On the other hand, ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura ie IPFT has got 1 seat in its account. With the victory in the elections, the discussion about the leadership has also started. Will Manik Saha be made the Chief Minister again or will a new name be approved?
Discussion of the name of the woman Chief Minister
The current Chief Minister Manik Saha was formally projected as the Chief Minister before the elections. However, it is now being speculated that the central leadership may reconsider that decision.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has submitted his resignation to the Governor on Friday. Talking to the media after resigning, Saha said that the governor has asked him to carry out the responsibility of the chief minister’s post till the formation of the next government. He told that possibly by March 8, the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will take place.
According to a report in the Indian Express, party sources said the national leadership is currently considering appointing Union Minister of State for Empowerment and Social Justice Pratima Bhoumik to the top post in the state, “before the Lok Sabha elections”. A right message should go to the entire country along with the Northeast.”
However, a party insider said that this change can happen later also because Saha has won the party.
What will be Saha’s role if Bhowmik is made the CM? On this question, a senior BJP leader from Indian Express said that the central leadership can give him a place at the center.
Pratima Bhoumik waved saffron on Dhanpur seat
In this assembly election, Pratima Bhoumik has won from Dhanpur seat. He defeated Subrata Das of CPI(M) by a margin of 3,500 votes. With this victory, he has hoisted saffron in this bastion of the Left. Please tell that CPI(M) was in possession of this seat from 1977 to 2018. Senior CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar has been a five-time MLA from this seat.
Who is Pratima Bhoumik?
Pratima Bhoumik represents the West Tripura constituency in the Lok Sabha. She joined BJP in 1991 and has been a pillar of the party ever since.
Bhowmik belongs to a farming family. He is popular because of his simple lifestyle and being down to earth in politics. She has studied from the Women’s College of Agartala, the capital of Tripura. He has a bachelor’s degree in biology.
A year after joining the BJP, he was made a member of the Tripura State Committee. In 1992 he was appointed as the leader of Dhanpur Mandal. Later, she was also the Vice President of Tripura BJP Mahila Morcha and Yuva Morcha.
After being the State BJP Vice President for two years, he was appointed as the State BJP General Secretary before the 2018 elections. That year, the BJP registered a massive victory in the state.
After this, Bhowmik won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a margin of more than three lakh votes. She became the first woman BJP MP from Tripura and the first permanent resident of the state to be included in the Union Council of Ministers.
If Bhowmik is appointed the CM of Tripura, she will be the first woman chief minister in the history of the Northeast.
