Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker finally accepted the resignation of Brishaketu Debbarma, 15 months after he tendered his resignation as legislator. The disgruntled MLA of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), coalition partner of the BJP, had joined the The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) immediately after resigning.
Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty announced the decision on Monday after Mr. Debbarma refused to join the hearing and stuck to his decision to resign. The former MLA was elected from Simna constituency in west Tripura in 2018 Assembly election and parted ways with the IPFT after he was allegedly side-lined.
Assembly officials confirmed that there will not be any by-election in Simna constituency as the State Assembly election is due in less than six months.