Newly elected MLAs of BJP, IPFT to elect leader of legislature party in Tripura tomorrow

The newly elected MLAs of BJP and its ally IPFT will meet in Agartala tomorrow to elect their legislature party leader.After a historic victory in Tripura Assembly elections, BJP has appointed Union Ministers - Nitin Gadkari and Jual Oram - as Central Observers to help facilitate the election of legislature party leader in the state. 

BJP sources said its two central ministers Nitin Gadkari and Jual Oram will hold the meeting soon with the newly elected legislators of the party and its ally IPFT to finalize the name of Chief Minister of the new government. 

After meeting with elected and core committee members, they



will submit their report to the BJP parliamentary board for the final announcement of the name of Chief Minister. Party sources said there are few candidates which are on the frontline for the Chief Ministerial post. 

Top of the list is BJP State President Biplab Kumar Deb, followed by Kumar Jishnu Debbarman, Dr Atul Debbarma and Ramapada Jamatia. This time, BJP-IPFT alliance has won 17 seats out of 19 ST reserved seats. Meanwhile, Governor Tathagata Roy, yesterday accepted the resignation of Manik Sarkar as Chief Minister of Tripura and asked him to continue as caretaker CM till a new government is formed.