CM inducts new min in Tripura cabinet amid speculation over appointment of BJP state prez
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In a brief event, governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 45-year-old postgraduate RSS volunteer MLA from Nalchar of Sepahijala district, Kishore Barman, as a cabinet minister. However, the chief minister has not yet allocated any portfolio to him.
Sources said with the induction of Barman, there is a speculation of reallocation of portfolios among the ministers, and the strength of the cabinet rose to 11, where BJP has nine and its allies, IPFT and TIPRA Motha, have one member each.
Saha had earlier appointed TIPRA Motha MLA Brishketu Debbarma as minister of state for industries and commerce, following persuasion of Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman. However, it didn't make him happy. As a result, not a single day Debbarman attended the office, though he took part in two departmental programmes in a year.
"The portfolio for Barman has not been decided. Today, only his swearing-in ceremony was held, and it's also a local holiday.
Shortly, he will be given an assignment. I have full faith and confidence in him that whatever responsibility will be entrusted to him, he will discharge it efficiently like my other colleagues to make the dream of a Vikshit Bharat of our Prime Minister a reality," Saha told the media.
Party sources said the central leadership of BJP has not yet decided on the president for Tripura in the absence of a consensus among different factions.
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RSS has been pushing for taking the party baton into their hands, while senior BJP leaders want to select a president of their choice.
"The Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb has two choices and is being persuaded to finalise it through the RSS line. Deputy speaker Ram Prasad Paul and former union minister Pratima Bhowmik have been pressing for their own, while the chief minister has a different choice to strengthen the party in political lines. As a result, the BJP president for Tripura has been halted for six months, although all other BJP-ruled states elected their presidents," a senior party leader said.
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