Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has asserted that he will be the face of the BJP in next year’s Assembly elections in the State.
Dr. Saha is contesting the Assembly bypoll from the Town Bardowali constituency on June 23. He asserted that he would continue to hold the Chief Minister’s position and appealed to people not to fall prey to rumours over him being replaced.
Addressing a rally on Sunday night, Dr. Saha said the entire nation is watching the Assembly bypoll. “Don’t believe in rumours. I have been made the Chief Minister and it is not a temporary arrangement,” he said. Dr. Saha, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Tripura in April this year, was sworn in as Chief Minister on May 15, a day after his predecessor Biplab Kumar Deb resigned.