TIWN March 7, 2018
AGARTALA, March 7 (TIWN): A heavy security blanket to be covered across the Capital City, as centering the oath taking ceremony of the new state Ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top Central Ministers will visit in Tripura. The Central Ministers are : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Ananta Kumar, Thawar Chand Gehlot.Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also be present on that occasion. BJP National leaders Amit Shah, Ramlal also to be present on that occasion. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Biplab Kumar Deb will assume office on Friday as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura, where the BJP voted out the Left Front after 25 years, in the February 18 polls. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari earlier on Tuesday announced here that Tripura BJP President Deb will be the new Chief Minister while the party's tribal leader Jishnu Debbarma will be the Deputy Chief Minister.
After the announcement, Deb, accompanied by other BJP leaders, met Governor Tathagata Roy at the Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form the government.
After an hour-long meeting with Roy, the Chief Minister-designate told reporters: "The Governor has appointed me the Chief Minister. The swearing-in-ceremony of the BJP ministry will take place at the Assam Rifles ground on Friday at 12 noon."
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