On May 15, 2022, a day after Biplab Kumar Deb resigned as the Chief Minister of Tripura, party's state president Manik Saha took oath as the next chief minister of the state.

Dr. Saha, 69, has been sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura.

He is also a Rajya Sabha MP from:

Saha, who has been chosen by the BJP as the new Chief Minister of Tripura, is also a party MP from the Rajya Sabha.

The BJP will expect its new CM to lead the party to victory in the assembly elections amid a multi-cornered contest in the northeastern state.

Important Facts:

In the last one year, BJP changed the Chief Ministers of 4 states:

BJP has changed chief ministers of 4 states in the last one year. Last year in July 2021, the party replaced Tirath Singh Rawat and made Pushkar Singh Dhami the CM of Uttarakhand.

In the same month, Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa resigned and made Basava Raj Bommai the Chief Minister.

After this, in September, the party replaced Vijay Rupani and made Bhupendra Patel the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

Now this change is being seen in Tripura.

Appointment of Chief Minister:

Article 164 of the Constitution provides that the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor.

In assembly elections, a majority leader of the party is appointed as the Chief Minister of the state.

The governor has nominal executive power, but the actual executive authority rests with the chief minister.

However, the discretionary powers enjoyed by the Governor reduce to some extent the power, authority, influence, prestige and role of the Chief Minister in the state administration.

A person who is not a member of the State Legislative Assembly can be appointed as the Chief Minister for a period of six months, within that time limit he has to take the membership of the State Legislative Assembly, failing which he has to resign the post of Chief Minister.

Governor of Tripura: Satyadev Narayan Arya;